Sentences with phrase «living wage law»

When the mayor expanded the city's living wage law by executive order — rather than include the Council on deliberations — Mark - Viverito expressed only grudging frustration, and a disagreement over the city's environmental goals culminated in two quietly competing proposals.

The Bloomberg administration and the city's Economic Development Corporation plan to commission a national study to examine how living wage laws have worked in other cities.

«I feel this is an unnecessary unilateral move by the mayor, especially considering this city has a legislative body that obviously shares his values,» said Ignizio, who voted against the original living wage law.

With their new clout, progressives in the City Council will undoubtedly take on many of the legislative priorities they've been touting for months, including council rule reforms and passing a new living wage law that would benefit unions and pro-immigrant policies like noncitizen voting, which the mayor opposes.

Outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking one more swipe at the City Council's Living Wage Law before his January departure.

Enforcement of prevailing wage and living wage laws also falls under the office's purview.

To bruce, if you really love them, then I hope you support expanding the Living Wage laws so that they can support themselves and not rely on handouts.

He has also expanded paid sick leave and the living wage law, altered the policy for making marijuana possession arrests and laid the groundwork for a municipal identification card designed to serve undocumented immigrants.

CITY HALL — Bypassing the City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed an executive order on Tuesday expanding the living wage law to cover thousands of more workers and raising the hourly wage from $ 11.90 to $ 13.13 for those without benefits.

Quinn also heard it from her opponents — particularly de Blasio — over her handling of the city's living wage law, which is currently tied up in courts after the Bloomberg administration sued to halt it.

Overriding a veto from former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the City Council passed the living wage law in 2012.

The executive order expanded the types of workers covered by the living wage law, and increased the actual wage to $ 13.13 an hour.

She was also asked whether she is concerned that the mayor is taking important actions on his own, such as the expansion of the living wage law, without going through the City Council.

The new Mayor promised to make good on his campaign rhetoric to expand the city's Living Wage Law — currently being appealed by the outgoing Bloomberg administration — implement a tax hike on upper income New Yorkers to bring universal pre-kindergarten and expanded after school programs for middle school students to city children, and reform stop and frisk.

Who's in charge of investigating complaints related to yesterday's expansion of the city's living wage law?

In the portion presented here, Mark - Viverito addressed the City's open labor contracts and expected contract negotiations, the City's fiscal situation and an expected expansion of the living wage law.

Several VIP Splash subcontractors ignored requests for documents related to their compliance with the county's Living Wage Law.

A few things here: 1) You can see the result of a living wage law right on Goulden and Kingsbride; empty facilities that cost the community to maintain and add nothing to the social well being of the Bronx.

«It's a moral issue and it's an urgent issue,» Cunningham said, adding that «it's absolutely ridiculous that in 2010 New York City does not have a living wage law.»