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N.Y. State Assembly Votes To Increase Minimum Wage
The New York State Assembly approved a bill Tuesday night that would increase the minimum wage to $9 hour and provide for automatic further increases tied to inflation.
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The New York State Assembly approved a bill Tuesday night that would increase the minimum wage to $9 hour and provide for automatic further increases tied to inflation.
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Pitching his budget proposals to an audience at City College on Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said one of his top priorities is raising the state's minimum wage.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo next week will deliver his third State of the State address, setting an agenda that was set to include gun control and raising the minimum wage.
The New Jersey Legislature on Monday sent a bill to the desk of Gov. Chris Christie that would raise the state's minimum wage by $1.25, to $8.50 per hour.
The New Jersey Legislature is expected to send Gov. Chris Christie a bill increasing the minimum wage after the Assembly takes a final technical vote on Monday.
The measure passed 23-16 without a single Republican vote in the affirmative.
Advocates for the working poor rallied in Albany Monday, urging state government leaders who are poised to raise their salaries in coming weeks to also raise the minimum wage and replenish food banks for victims of Superstorm Sandy.
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The council overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto in June to mandate a wage of at least $10 per hour for workers at companies getting $1 million or more in city funding.
Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver, who sponsored the bill, said the increase would help thousands of impoverished families make ends meet and would jumpstart local economies
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the proposal to raise the minimum wage won't happen this year because there is a "broader and deeper divide" over the issue.
The Assembly's Democratic majority plans to pass its version of the bill Tuesday, but Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos said the measure won't reach the Senate floor.
The measure would have required any company receiving at least $1 million in city subsidies to pay its employees at least $11.50 an hour or $10 an hour plus benefits.
After about two hours of testimony, the vote was 6-2-1 to advance the bill, but Gov. Chris Christie said he's on the fence about the bill.
A debate is now being waged over the idea of raising the minimum wage. Advocates for the poor say it's desperately needed, but some small business owners believe doing so could put them under.
Minimum wage workers haven't seen a pay increase in three years. That could soon change, since State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reportedly plans to introduce a bill today, raising the state's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50.
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New York and New Jersey coped with another day of excessive heat and humidity Wednesday, as well as severe weather.
Severe weather moved through parts of the Tri-State Area amid another heat wave Tuesday, causing widespread damage.
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