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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums880,000 New Yorkers not getting increase in minimum wage thanks to GOP & Cuomo(?)
The minimum wage increase that has passed the New York State Assembly but is stalled in the Republican-controlled Senate and is not drawing support from Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo would directly benefit 10.1 percent of New York workers. The proposed increase from the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to $8.50 would affect 880,000 workers currently earning less than $8.50 an hour, a new report from the Fiscal Policy Institute finds, and another 200,000 workers making just over $8.50 might benefit from a spillover effect.
A majority of the workers who would get a raise live in New York City and the surrounding area352,000 in New York City, 126,500 on Long Island, and another 72,500 in suburban counties. But several upstate counties would actually see a disproportionate number of workers benefit, among them Broome County and Oneida County, where 12.6 and 12.5 percent of workers would get raises, respectively, and Erie County where the figure is 11.4 percent. That's another 71,400 workers getting a better standard of living in return for their work.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/25/1094732/-New-York-minimum-wage-increase-being-blocked-by-Republicans-would-give-880-000-workers-a-raise-
Bloomberg vetoes the living wage bill.
He recently bought his 11th home.
This one is an equestrian estate in Westchester so his daughter can ride her horses.
Gotta love those billionaires.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/nyregion/bloomberg-added-home-no-11-in-2011-records-show.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/bloomberg-vetoes-living-wage-bill-court_n_1453716.html
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itsrobert
(14,157 posts)NOW!
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)Of course, part of the problem is that this is a non-story as far as the local press is concerned. People have no idea this is happening!