Sentences with phrase «increasing in upstate cities»

The state's overall poverty rate is unchanged since 1980, but poverty has been increasing in upstate cities like Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, as people with any wealth have moved to the suburbs.

Not exact matches

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan called the compromise on the state's minimum wage — increasing on different timetables in New York City, the suburbs and upstate over varying phase ins — a far better arrangement than what was initially proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Senate Republicans were divided over whether to back the minimum wage increase, which hikes the pay floor to $ 15 in New York city and the suburbs and to $ 12.50 upstate, with future increases tied to an economic analysis.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase, to eventually $ 15 an hour in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partial paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature last year phased in an increase that will eventually lead to a $ 15 hourly wage in New York City and a $ 12.50 wage upstate.

Chief among the bills that she says have been altered in negotiations includes increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the New York City area in the coming years and in upstate New York in an undefined time period.

Business owners say that a session that saw the minimum wage increase to eventually $ 15 in New York City and $ 12.50 upstate, along with a phased - in partially paid family leave, will be costly to smaller employers who operate on the edge in a shaky economy.

Hawkins said Cuomo's renewable energy proposals to increase the cap in net metering to six percent, to promote shared renewable energy microgrids, invest in renewable energy in the Southern Tier and upstate cities, invest in research on battery storage for renewable energy, and others are good but only baby steps in the right direction.

The increase will impact about 10,000 state workers, about 1,000 in New York City and the rest upstate.

The backing of the wage floor on the federal level comes after New York's state budget in April approved a measure to increase the state's minimum wage in New York City and the suburban counties to $ 15 over the next several years (upstate hits $ 12.50 and is then subject to an economic formula with the goal of eventually hitting $ 15).

The Business Council had opposed the wage hike, which would increase the base pay in New York to $ 15 in the New York City region and $ 12.50 in upstate New York over the next several years.

The business - backed group's endorsements are entirely Republican (the group did endorse one Democrat, Assemblyman Robin Schimminger) after a year in which business interests decried a legislative session that included the approval a minimum wage increase that will reach $ 15 in the New York City region and $ 12.50 in upstate New York in the coming years.

The New York City region enjoyed 2.2 percent increase in job growth over the last 12 months, while upstate New York grew at a slower rate, statistics from the state Department of Labor found.

Also at noon, faith leaders from New York City and upstate will hold a press conference and vigil to call on the state Legislature to pass an increase in the minimum wage to $ 15 to be implemented as soon as possible, War Room, 2nd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

Last time the districts were redrawn, Republicans led the governing body and managed to skew the process in their own favor — leaving most of the underpopulated districts upstate, while the growing populations in the New York City region went unrecognized by a matching increase in proportional representation.

The governor identified other issues as priorities for being included within the budget, including increasing the minimum wage to $ 10.50 statewide and to $ 11.50 in New York City, a series of tax cuts, and a set of economic and infrastructural revitalization proposals aimed at upstate New York.

Still, while the City of Corning is thriving compared to many others in the Southern Tier, it's not immune to the economic pressures facing local governments across upstate: a stagnant tax base, rising pension costs and a limited ability to increase revenues due to the state property tax cap.

The suit projects an increase in deaths from heat waves, flooding from extreme weather that would impact the city's water supply system, increasing frequency of droughts that would diminish water to upstate New York reservoirs, and catastrophic flooding from rising oceans.