School staff salaries rise $555M as controversial teacher gets $363G in pay

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School workers took home $555 million more last year than they did in the previous year — and the biggest paycheck went to a rabble-rousing teacher the city has long sought to fire. New city payroll data the Empire Center for Public Policy compiled shows the city’s total pay to school workers increased to $10.73 billion for the 2016-17 school year. That’s up from $10.18 billion the year before.-- More...