Zohran Mamdani’s campaign persona called into question by vote to give himself raise: critics

Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani voted to drastically raise his state Assembly salary on the taxpayers’ dime days before Christmas 2022 — a move critics are citing as clashing with his campaign image as a political outsider fighting for the working class. The pay hike brought state lawmaker pay from $110,000 to $142,000 a year,…