At Least They Didn’t Do This Yesterday

Today is as good a time as any to bury the fact that you’re voting yourself a 25 percent pay raise — retroactive to last week:

Now that Election Day is over, the 51 members of the City Council will turn to some unfinished business.

Like holding a public hearing today on a bill to give themselves a $22,500 pay raise — at an annual combined cost to taxpayers of $1,147,500.

The hearing by the Governmental Operations Committee is set to start at 4:30 p.m., ostensibly to make it more convenient for potential witnesses to go to City Hall after they’re done working for the day.

But no one would be very surprised if few — or no — members of the public show up to testify on the bill — which would also hike the pay of the five borough presidents, five district attorneys, the public advocate, the controller and the mayor.

“I’ll stay all night if there are people who want to testify,” said committee Chairman Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn). “But that’s not going to happen.”

He said that while many taxpayers might object to the Council voting itself a raise — from $90,000 to $112,500 — “to actually have them come [to City Hall and testify] is another story.”