Salaries and allowances.
NYC Charter § 26
in effectSection 26. Salaries and allowances.
a. The salary of the public advocate shall be $218,400 a year.
b. The salary of each council member shall be $175,500 a year, except that the salary of the speaker shall be $194,400 a year. In addition any council member, while serving as a committee chairperson or other officer of the council, may also be paid, in addition to such salary, an allowance fixed by resolution, after a hearing, for the particular and additional services pertaining to the additional duties of such position.
c. If prior to the enactment of a local law increasing the compensation of council members, the council establishes a commission to study and make recommendations for changes in the compensation levels of council members, or if it otherwise causes an analysis of such compensation levels to be made to assist it in its consideration of a local law, such study or analysis may include an analysis of the benefits, detriments, costs and impacts of placing restrictions on earned income derived by council members from sources other than their council salary.
(Am. L.L. 2016/019, 2/19/2016, retro. eff. 1/1/2016; Am. L.L. 2026/134, 8/18/2026, eff. 1/1/2026)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Administrative Code Appendix A at L.L. 2006/051.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCcharter/0-0-0-6587Fetched: 10/24/2026