Talk about biting the hand that feeds you!
City Councilman Donovan Richards turned up at a ceremony Thursday morning to accept a $100,000 donation from Delta Airlines for the opening of a YMCA in his Rockaways district.
That night, the Queens Democrat turned up at a community rally to protest that concessionaires at the new $1.4 billion Delta terminal at JFK were paying wages as low as $8 an hour.
“Where are the good jobs they promised us when we gave them tax-exempt financing to expand and renovate?” he was quoted as saying in a press release.
He told The Post yesterday that while he’s grateful for the donation, he has a duty to speak out.
“If they gave $100 million, it would not be enough to make me stay quiet,” he said.
He noted that he and state Sen. James Sanders, his predecessor, poured $2 million into the YMCA, which is slated to open in January.
Activists are demanding the Port Authority and all airlines at JFK require shops at the terminals to pay employees a “living wage” of $11.50 an hour, which includes $1.50 in benefits.