Sentences with phrase «including hikes in the minimum wage»

Felder was the only senator to vote against the spending bill that included a hike in the minimum wage to $ 15 in New York City by the end of 2018.

There was talk of holding a special session in December, where agenda items might include a hike in the minimum wage, and an increase in state lawmakers» pay.

Not exact matches

Cuomo has bristled at implications his progressive bona fides don't stack up and his supporters have pointed to a raft of accomplishments during his time as governor, including the passage of a minimum wage hike that eventually grows to $ 15 in the coming years in the New York City area, paid family leave, a sweeping gun control law, the legalization of same - sex marriage and regulations that bolster the rights of transgender New Yorkers.

And so they backed Cuomo, in exchange for promises to fight for Democratic control of the State Senate and push more progressive policies, including the minimum wage hike that Cuomo delivered.

A range of issues face state lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including a proposed hike in the minimum wage to $ 15 as well as the creation of a 12 - week paid family program.

Lawmakers have plenty to work on in the next few weeks leading up to the start of the state's fiscal year, including whether to pass a minimum wage hike as part of the state budget.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said Wednesday that they are negotiating possible compromises on the minimum wage issue, which could include a lower minimum wage in Upstate New York than in New York City, excluding farms from the hike, and providing a tax credit to small businesses to help them adjust.

The union's targeting of Miner - who spoke at a Fight for $ 15 rally in February at a Syracuse church - shows the no - holds - barred fight going on over the proposed minimum wage hike as the state's top political leaders are negotiating whether it will be included in the state budget.

«Senator Skelos» first statement after being elected GOP Leader was that they would continue to block all progressive legislation including a much needed hike in the minimum wage, protections for women and real ethics reforms.

But others didn't make the final cut, including the governor's education tax credit, a hike in the state's minimum wage, and an agreement on pension forfeiture.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said he is «cautiously optimistic» a budget deal will be in place by Friday's deadline that will include a hike to the minimum wage, the creation of a state paid family leave program, and a significant boost in education aid.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said yesterday he is «cautiously optimistic» a budget deal will be in place by Friday's deadline that will include a hike to the minimum wage, the creation of a state paid family leave program, and a significant boost in education aid.

In the budget, the minimum wage hike was lumped into one bill that also included $ 24.8 billion for schools and wiping out the Gap Elimination Adjustment that the Senate Republicans wanted.

But after her stronger - than - expected showing in the Democratic primary, he tacked left after 2014 and has pushed through many WFP priorities the union leaders mentioned, including the minimum wage hike and a new scholarship program aimed at middle - class students.

He's issued announcements including the convening of a special wage board to look at whether to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers, and the opening new hiking trails in the North Country.

Today, there are just 29 Mark's locations — including in Auburn and much of the Rochester area — allowing the company to avoid the faster minimum wage hike for fast food eateries.

That agenda includes the support of progressive issues, like universal health care, a minimum wage hike — and of course a boost in green energy.

In all, the old foes of a minimum wage hike — including Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos — so far are not knocking the proposal as they did last year when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed the measure (if I'm missing anyone's statement in support or opposition, please let me knowIn all, the old foes of a minimum wage hike — including Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos — so far are not knocking the proposal as they did last year when Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed the measure (if I'm missing anyone's statement in support or opposition, please let me knowin support or opposition, please let me know).

Cuomo's unilateral move, which affects around 10,000 workers, including about 1,000 in New York City, makes New York the first state to hike the minimum wage to $ 15 for all state employees.

He said that despite the fact that Cuomo took the unusual step of including in his proposal a seemingly non-budget related policy initiative — hiking the state's hourly minimum wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.75 — which is something the Senate Republicans (and their business community allies) have so far opposed.

And Cuomo also made things easier for the GOP by deciding not to include an indexing measure for future minimum wage hikes that the left has been pushing very hard, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver included in his proposal last year.

The issue that headlined the agreement included a hike in the state's minimum wage.

This year for instance, Governor Cuomo and lawmakers included a phased in hike of the state's minimum wage in the spending plan, rather than vote on the measure on it's own merits, Mahoney said.

The flier included the proud face of our governor, who promotes himself as the champion of every New Yorker, and shared how many people in our state will benefit from his proposed minimum wage hike to $ 15 an hour.

Some have called for the state to include money in the final budget to help off - set a minimum wage hike.

The Democratic governor is also talking with Legislature leaders about a minimum wage compromise that includes making the phase - in period for the wage hike over six years, instead of the five he proposed in January.

ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo on Sunday said he is «cautiously optimistic» a budget deal will be in place by Friday's deadline that will include a hike to the minimum wage, the creation of a state paid family leave program, and a significant boost in education aid.

He said the state's Legislative leaders have approved the framework of a budget deal that includes gradually hiking the state's minimum wage from the current $ 9 an hour to $ 15 by Dec. 31, 2018 in New York City.

But Cuomo, when he wants to, has been able to convince Republicans to vote through bills that they might traditionally oppose including marriage equality, gun control measures, and a major hike in the minimum wage.

ALBANY — Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos said he would like to see an increase in lawmaker pay, but that he is unwilling to trade them for several marquee items in Governor Andrew Cuomo's «progressive» agenda — including a minimum wage hike.