The DeVory Darkins Show - Mamdani STABS his own voters in the back with SHOCKING PAY RAISE

Episode Date: July 8, 2026

BREAKING NEWS Mamdani STABS his own voters in the back with SHOCKING PAY RAISE. This comes as New Yorkers are stunned at the propose 20% pay increase for NY Council and the Mayor. They claim it's for inflation but others call it greedy.FOLLOW ME:⁠https://www.x.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://www.rumble.com/c/devorydarkins⁠⁠https://devory.wtf.tv⁠BUY ME A COFFEE:⁠https://buymeacoffee.com/devorydarkins⁠SHOP OUR MERCH STORE:⁠https://store.devorydarkins.com⁠BUSINESS INQUIRIES:⁠[e-mail]⁠

So it seems that Zara Mondani is now stabbing his own voters in the back because according to his new proposal, his salary and the salary of New York City Council will see an increase of almost 20%. But you got to wait for the excuse on why they're doing this. Under this proposal, the mayor's salary would climb to just over $305,000 annually. That's a roughly $47,000 jump from his current paycheck, though Mayor Mondani has previously said he won't accept. any raise in his first term. The Independent Commission says this is not a raise, rather a cost of living adjustment, but critics argue the timing is tough when many New Yorkers are facing an

affordability crisis. That's absolutely correct, because all we're going to do here in this particular story is use their logic against them. So according to them, anybody receiving a pay increase, anybody getting kickbacks, anybody making more money or finding tax breaks, that's

all evil, right? And that's what he ran on. We want to tax the billionaires, the wealthy, anyone who's getting rich. We need to go after them. Well, based on that logic alone, why would we be looking at an 18.2% increase? I'm not understanding. And his salary is $305,000. I wonder what the rest of the city council is pulling in. I really want to find that out, actually. Let's see if we could find that out. New York City Council salaries. Let's see. Okay. Let's go to that. Let me show you guys what I'm seeing.

So their salaries are coming in at rank and file. New York City Council members earn a base annual salary of $148,000 while the council speaker receives $191,000. A bill introduced seeks to elevate that salary from 172 to 191. Council members are generally barred from earning outside income, making this a full-time salary position. We know they're making money in some other ways. It's just like Congress. Okay. Let's go back to this.

I don't think we are shocked by this, by the way. Everything is raising up. And some of us staying broke. I'm broke. While everyday New Yorkers are feeling the financial squeeze, City Hall is getting ready to debate a hefty salary hike for top elected leaders. It's not good at all because we are right now already having trouble. An independent advisory commission legally required to review elected official salary.

every four years had not met since 2015, but its new report now recommends an 18.2% pay increase. The three-person panel appointed earlier this year by Mayor Momdani argues city leaders have not gotten a pay bump since 2016. Their main sticking point, a 31% rise in inflation since their last raise. You know what? That could obviously be true. I mean, if you served in the military, I mean, you get a pay increase every year and it's because of inflation. That's not. just the reality. So one one half asked themselves from 2015, which is the last time they met to 2026, is 18.2% the appropriate amount given that time gap. What is that a time gap of, what, 11 years? You know, so you could make a case on why this makes sense. I just think optically,

it's all bad. I think what the city council has done to New York City is all bad as well. And so the argument is not against not even the, how should I say this? My beef is not even in his rhetoric. My beef is in the system not finding the correct incentives that essentially gets our elected officials to do the right thing. Voting the amount you think would be enough, but clearly that doesn't work all the time. Mondani is the mayor right now. And he's replaced everybody essentially. So voting them out is not always the answer.

If only their salaries were based on the economic status of the city itself. So, you know, when you're out of budget, when costs go up because you guys can't pass the right zoning laws, okay, for housing, right? Crime goes up. Their pay should come down. I mean, I wish Congress was that way. But, you know, that's a perfect world. Under their recommendations, the mayor's salary would increase to just over $305,000. The public advocate, Comptroller, and borough presidents would get well over $30,000 added to their bottom line, while city council members would top out at just over $175,000.

Competitive pay for an elected position means that we will get a stronger group of candidates who are willing to run for office. That's not true. That's not true whatsoever. Just because you're going to pay someone a lot of money doesn't mean they're the. right person for the job and doesn't mean they'll actually do a good job. Because what does money do to people? Right? Let's really think about that. What does money do to people at times? Sometimes you're thinking that people who are going to get paid a lot of money, they're going to do a good job. But some people, they get paid this amount of money and then they become complacent because they've never made that type of money. I wouldn't be using that as a benchmark on how that's

going to find the best candidates. You should be looking at their executional skills. You should be looking at their leadership skills and the outcomes that they've been able to achieve in previous places of work. Not, oh, if we pay them more money, that's going to be the number one factor. Yeah, I don't buy that whatsoever. Let's go back because I want to show you guys. Look at this. Let's go back to this screen. So, Mayor 305. public advocate, 218, Comptroller 247. So, I mean, I know I have people who watch the show who are in New York,

so you let me know, what do you make of these salaries? Do you think that is the right amount? I'm not from that area. I don't understand the culture because I didn't grow up in it. I'm just an outsider. So as an outsider looking in, I'm like, wow, man, that's a good amount of money. And by the way, this isn't even factoring in the benefits they obviously get,

some of the perks they get, the connections that will be made. They may say they don't make any money outside their job, but guys, there's plenty of loopholes in regards to that, right? And that's the funny thing about a socialist, is they complain about capitalism, but capitalism obviously invites these loopholes where they make money some way on the back end. Okay?

And whether it's them or their spouse or their business partner or their good friend, they will get there. It's just human nature. So you guys let me know about that. All right, let's go here to what the mayor is saying. The panel was ordered to meet just after Mom Dani took office as a handful of city council members made an attempt to push for 16% raises back in December. Drawn criticism from watchdogs, who said moving the process forward without an independent review undermines public trust. We thought that it was really important that there be an independent research done around.

real analysis of pay levels in the city and for elected officials in other parts of the country. What about a real analysis about how the city council has been driving that city into the ground? How about that? How about their costly choices that they made decades on end that has left New York City one of the highest housing markets? And for what exactly? Like, can't we just keep it simple here? If we look at the results, housing costs in New York City have skyrocketed. No matter who the mayor has been, no matter what policies they've implemented, it hasn't worked. So by that measure alone, they should be held accountable for that. And so, you know, if I was a New Yorker, I would probably complain too.

Absolutely. Here's one of them. I love how New York City elected officials can manage to give themselves almost 20% raises while maintaining a budget that's projected to be $6.4 billion in the deficit next year. With touching pensions, they must be doing a great job. They must deserve this money. $6.4 billion. I think the budget's more than that.

I'm not too sure he got the number correct. All right, let's move on. So, unfortunately for the mayor, this is terrible optics, okay? Any way you dice it, it just doesn't look good. And it's just a reality because of the climate that he created with his own rhetoric, where he seeks to punish people who are financially well off. So when you start increasing your pay or city, Council starts to increase their pay, yeah, I think they should get criticized based on their own logic.

Let's go to this breaking news. Police have been called to an unstable building that some people are assuming may collapse and some of the construction workers actually exposed the maintenance of this building. High-rise buildings in the heart of Manhattan being evacuated right now. Authorities say a nearby building that is under construction is unstable. You're taking a look at live images happening at 2.35. East 42nd Street between 2nd Avenue and 3rd Avenue. Department of Building Inspectors are there. They're at the scene. Investigating reports that a structural support beam was beginning to buckle.

As a precaution, all construction workers who were there working were safely evacuated from the building. Now, we've been on it from the beginning here. There are no reported injuries here. The New York City Fire Department is on the scene, as you would expect. And all traffic on East 42nd Street, East 43rd Street and East 44th Street. This is between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. That's all closed down. It's closed to cars.

It's closed to pedestrians. The investigation is ongoing. Eyewitness news crew is on the scene, on the way. So it sounds like the good news is it hasn't collapsed yet. Some people think it might. But let's go to the people actually on the ground. So this guy, I suppose he's a construction worker. And he says that the contracts on the building did not incentivize them in a way that would help.

maintain that building proper what happened here was this building was renovated and they were going to add another 16 stories to it but at that point you need to add more steel and they obviously didn't add right amount of steel the north side of that building is crumbling the ibeams are bending like cigarettes in there which is super dangerous so i'm assuming they're going to evacuate everyone on the north side of 403rd street so you know we're union uh steam flitters the union iron workers went after this job they lost it pretty much both profit is what they're looking to do with the contractor that's over here. So we're New York City. We build it right.

You build it the first time. And they chose profit over safety and put my members in every construction worker over here in jeopardy. There you go. I mean, I don't believe he's lying. He's the guy that's actually running these crews. And it's not a shocker, man. I mean, this is what happens in America is some people are all about the money and not necessarily about the quality.

And they don't realize how that could infect people, particularly in a life. or death situation. Good news is, like I said earlier, the building hasn't collapsed yet. Bad news is it could collapse. I don't know how fast they can move to prevent it from happening since the renovations already took place. But that's not my will house. But that's what he had to say. Let's see if he continues here. What's it going to take to get this back up to code, get this back to you? You're going to have engineers in here, like you wouldn't believe making sure that everything is supported. and I don't know what's going to happen with the other side of the building now.

I will tell how much did it say, how much more is it going to say? That's the question. So you had members up there at the time? They were up there. What did they see? Tracking windows, bent beams, floor, concrete was falling from the roof below, and they brought it up and they got to evacuate the job medially. That's crazy.

That's crazy. Well, good thing they were able to get out. it out. So what does the mayor have to say about this? I know he's been focused on the pay raise. Here is his reaction. At about 8 a.m. FDNY received reports that bricks were falling from a building under construction on East 42nd Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. And first responders have found structural issues on the 21st floor. So this is where two structural columns have buckled at this time. Additionally, multiple cracks and sagging floors were found at the 21st floor. Now, luckily, there have been no injuries to report at this time. All workers are accounted for. The building has

been evacuated. A number of tall buildings in the area are also being evacuated at this time. A school with about 400 children has also been evacuated. And as a result of all this, most of 42nd Street and 43rd Street between 1st and 3rd avenues have been shut down to pedestrians and to vehicle. Okay. So he's just reading a written statement. He doesn't really have much to say. But, you know, this is part of New York City. I think the last thing they need is a building collapsing, if you know what I mean. I mean, that definitely triggers some PTSD. So let me show you a video from inside the building, not at the bottom floor, but somewhere at the top of the building, which is insane.

You see these beams are bending. Some of them have already buckled. It's pretty crazy. Yeah. So if you guys see out the window how high up they are in regards to being inside the building. And look, things are just bending all over the place. In Toronto, every arrival is a statement, and nothing says it better than this. Cadillac Optic was the number one selling luxury EV in Canada for 2025.

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Bad news is whoever made the costly mistake, they're going to have to figure out how to fix this. And we'll see what happens, right? But I think more importantly, just so we're clear, I think when you're focused on the wrong things, stuff like this is just going to pop up out of nowhere. I think this mayor is going to continue to get blindsided by fires that are outside of his control. And in some cases, are going to be catastrophic, whether it is crime in the streets where one-year-olds are getting killed in broad daylight, or a building is going to buckle and potentially collapse, or someone's getting killed on the subway.

It's a tough city to govern. So stop focusing on the woke stuff and focus on the main things. But that's not what socialists will do.