NY Reaches Deal for $15 Minimum Wage

[brooklynite]

Source: The Daily Beast

A whopping 66 percent pay rise is in the pipeline for some minimum-wage workers in New York. Workers in New York City will be the first to benefit, as they will have to be paid a minimum of $15 per hour by the end of 2018, up from $9 currently (and $10.50 for fast-food workers). New York is only the second state to agree on the $15 mark, following California. Businesses with 10 or fewer employees will have longer—about four years—to implement the increase in the city, and Long Island and Westchester County reportedly won’t be required to reach the $15 figure for up to six years. In areas north of Westchester, pay rises will be more modest, only hitting $12.50 by 2021. “We’re leaders in economic justice,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said after the budget deal was announced late Thursday.

Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/04/01/new-ny-minimum-wage-deal.html

[Kip Humphrey]

1. Yup. 15 bucks an hour!

WIN! Bernie & ALL of us WIN!

[cstanleytech]

3. Ya it's a win, next though they need to tackle the problem of

company's like Walmart shorting workers on hours and screwing over part timers with erratically different schedule every week which makes it impossible for them to try to work a 2nd that they need to do to be able to pay their bills.
That and make it so the ability to raise minimum wage is taken away from the state legislature who have proven themselves to vulnerable to being bribed by corporations and give it to someone less vulnerable like the state's inspector general or the state's budget office.

[Equinox Moon]

2. Perfect sense! Go NY!

I am noticing that HRC called for $12.00. This might be a winning move for Bernie in New York with this move to $15.00 for the state!

By contrast the billionaire said, 'No, the people can't get a raise from $7.25/hour. We have to stay competitive in the global market'. OMG! Unbelievable thinking!

[kennetha]

4. as the federally mandated minimum wage, with states and localities free to go higher

[baldguy]

5. Pushed through by the Clinton backer Andrew Cuomo

Who is denounced as a corporate whore by the Berniestas every time his name comes up.

[Bubzer]

8. And it would appear they're not wrong:

How Andrew Cuomo Sold Out New York City Renters to a Pack of Wealthy Landlords
http://www.thenation.com/article/how-andrew-cuomo-sold-out-new-york-city-renters-to-a-pack-of-wealthy-landlords/

Cuomo campaign ‘scalping’ Mets tickets for $5,500 — each
http://nypost.com/2015/10/26/cuomo-campaign-scalping-mets-tickets-for-5500-each/

Andrew Cuomo appears to have made a tidy $180 on every book he sold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/15/andrew-cuomo-appears-to-have-made-more-than-180-on-every-book-he-sold/

Andrew Cuomo: Most Corrupt Governor In the Nation?
http://naturalgasnow.org/andrew-cuomo-most-corrupt-governor-in-the-nation/

[baldguy]

9. So NYers will be better of without a $15 min wage. Got it.

[Bubzer]

11. Strawman. Nowhere in my statement did I say or imply that.

His integrity is an entirely separate issue... much like hilly... he has none.

[cantbeserious]

6. Thank You For Sharing

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[Cryptoad]

7. Never happened without Hillary

getting in the Ditch and fighting for the working Poor. Takes more than hanging talking about it,,,,, HRC is a DOer!

[Bubzer]

10. Indeed. She was a Doer when she voted for the Iraq War...

She was a DOer when she called young black men super predators...
She was a DOer when she supported the TPP 45 times including calling it the gold standard...
She was a DOer when she supported welfare reform and kicked women and children off the rolls...
She's a DOer when she employs voter suppression and other dirty tactics, Ad Hominem and outright lies to try and smear Bernie...

She's a DOer alright... she's DOing the will of corporations.

[bunnies]

12. What did she do, specifically, to get a $15.00 minimum wage in NY?

Honest question. I haven't heard anything.