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The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

The minimum wage for fast food workers in the rest of the state will rise to $ 15 in July of 2021.

Today, the Erie County Legislature opposed the recent recommendation of a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers in New York State by the New York Minimum Wage Board.

The fourth and final hearing was held by a board specially appointed Governor Andrew Cuomo to consider raising the minimum wage for fast food workers in New York.

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New York's three - person fast food wage board voted unanimously to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers, which it defines as working in an establishment with 30 or more locations.

«He stood with fast food workers and airport workers in their fight for better wages and benefits, and has been a strong supporter of a $ 15 state minimum wage and a paid family leave policy that can truly help working families.»

Mr. Figueroa was another player in the major effort to increase the minimum wage in the state, first for fast food workers and then for everyone.

Lawmakers created a different schedule for increasing the state's minimum wage for all workers in Upstate New York than Cuomo's wage board used last year when it ordered that the minimum wage for fast food workers be gradually increased until it reaches $ 15 an hour on July 1, 2021.

Momentum is building for a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage in Connecticut, at least for some workers, given the formation of a new low - wage worker advisory panel and this week's recommendation to raise pay for fast - food workers in neighboring New York, according to some state lawmakers and activists.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

New York Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally to raise the minimum wage in New York City's Union Square, called out fast food chains McDonald's and Burger King by name Thursday and accused them of «corporate greed» for underpaying workers.

Perhaps rattled by his relatively anemic win in last year's Democratic primary against liberal long shot Zephyr Teachout, he has quelled key camps of left - wing opposition by unilaterally banning fracking, raising wages for fast - food workers and endorsing a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage.

The three members of a state board meeting in Albany to consider minimum wage increases for New York's fast - food workers say salaries should rise, though they haven't immediately determined how high and when.

On Wed., July 22, New York's Wage Board voted to approve a $ 15 minimum wage for fast - food workers in chain restaurants.The state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, has 45 days to act on the wage board's recommendatWage Board voted to approve a $ 15 minimum wage for fast - food workers in chain restaurants.The state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, has 45 days to act on the wage board's recommendatwage for fast - food workers in chain restaurants.The state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, has 45 days to act on the wage board's recommendatwage board's recommendation.

That's lower than the minimum wage for non-tipped workers, which ranges from $ 9.70 an hour upstate in some industries to $ 12 an hour for fast - food workers in New York City.

Cuomo has already begun a piecemeal attempt to increase the minimum wage through executive actions to phase in an increase for state workers and fast food workers to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced an increase in the minimum wage on Sept. 10, the same day Acting State Labor Commissioner Mario Musolino signed an order designating a $ 15.00 per hour statewide minimum wage for fast - food workers — the level recommended by a State Department of Labor wage board over the summer, according to a press release from Cuomo's office.

In addition to a minimum wage for all workers, specific minimums were set for fast food workers and workers who get tipped.

In an interview on Capital Tonight on Friday, the Syracuse Republican came out swinging at the wage board convened by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, decrying the move to increase the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 «lunacy» and a way to apply political pressure to opponents.

Cuomo instead convened a wage board at the state Department of Labor to review potential changes to the minimum wage for workers in the fast - food industry, giving a nod to a growing campaign for better wages in that sector.

The push to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers in New York was part of a broader campaign conducted nationally to increase wages to $ 15, a movement that has had success in Los Angeles and Seattle.

The proposal comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo in recent months has pushed for a broader minimum wage increase and through executive authority hiked the wage for workers in the fast - food industry as well as state and SUNY employees.

Cuomo in the summer moved to administratively increase the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 over the next several years.

Cuomo has formed a campaign coalition named in honor of his late father to push for a $ 15 minimum wage after taking executive action this past summer to gradually increase the wage for SUNY and state workers as well as fast - food employees.

In the summer, and as Cuomo's feud with liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio erupted into public view, Cuomo convened a wage board at the Department of Labor to study a minimum wage hike for workers in the fast - food industrIn the summer, and as Cuomo's feud with liberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio erupted into public view, Cuomo convened a wage board at the Department of Labor to study a minimum wage hike for workers in the fast - food industrin the fast - food industry.

There's also the question of how a nine year phase in of the minimum wage would mesh with an already scheduled minimum wage increase for fast food workers.

The co-chairmen of the General Assembly's Labor and Public Employees Committee cheered the recommendation from a wage board in New York to phase in a $ 15 minimum wage for workers in large fast food chains.

Governor Cuomo, at a large union rally in NYC's Union Square to raise the minimum wage, called out fast food chains McDonalds and Burger King by name and accused them of «corporate greed» for under paying workers.

Last week, that union cheered loudest as Cuomo pushed through an increase in the minimum wage for fast - food workers.

At a rally in Manhattan, the Democratic governor shared the stage with national labor leaders after a state wage board recommended raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 and hour, delivering a key victory in a national push by unions — led by Service Employees International Union — to improve the lot of (and unionize) employees at McDonald's, Burger King and other chains.

But Gjede suggested a $ 15 minimum wage for fast - food workers in New York and other neighboring states could ultimately benefit Connecticut's business climate, which was strongly criticized by some major employers who recently threatened to leave the state because of proposed business tax increases in one version of the state budget.

After four public hearings, the wage board recommended a phased - in minimum wage of $ 15 for fast - food workers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's labor commissioner is likely in the next few days to finalize a phased in hike in the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for fast food workers.

Supporters of a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers rally in front of a McDonald's in Albany, N.Y., July 22, 2015.

In 2015, New York led the nation by becoming the first state to set a $ 15 per hour minimum wage for fast food workers.

A panel convened by Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved a resolution this afternoon recommending a phased - in minimum wage increase to $ 15 for workers in the fast food industry.

His advocates note that he's pushed parts of the Women's Equality Act and introduced the (un-passed) Dream Act in his budget, in addition to compiling progressive achievements including a ban on fracking and impaneling a board to recommend a higher minimum wage for fast food workers.

New York state in July adopted a plan to raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers to $ 15 an hour over several years.

Cuomo also announced that the state's acting labor commissioner, Mario Musolino, had signed an order that would raise the minimum wage for many fast - food workers in the state to $ 15 an hour over a few years.

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In July, New York's wage board voted to approve an increase in the minimum wage for the state's fast food workerIn July, New York's wage board voted to approve an increase in the minimum wage for the state's fast food workerin the minimum wage for the state's fast food workers.

The governor, after unsuccessfully trying to raise the minimum wage further through the legislature, appointed a wage board, which voted in July to increase the minimum wage for fast food worker to $ 15 an hour over the next several years.

Cuomo told the Empire State Pride Agenda he plans to bypass the Legislature — as he did in raising the minimum wage for fast - food workers — by granting transgender people protections through a regulatory process he controls.

«So Mr. Vice President, today I announce that I will propose to the New York state legislature not just $ 15 for fast - food workers, because a fast - food worker deserves $ 15 an hour, construction workers deserve $ 15 an hour, and home healthcare aides deserve $ 15 an hour, and taxi - cab drivers deserve $ 15 an hour, and every working man and woman in the State of New York deserves $ 15 an hour as a minimum wage - and we are not going to stop until we get it done!»

Last year, poorly paid fast food workers throughout New York City also fighting for a $ 15 an minimum wage staged one - day walkouts on several occasions - and even attracted the outspoken support of then mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio in the process.

As CBS2's Marcia Kramer reported, sources say the offer to hike the minimum wage, which could have put money in the pockets of thousands of fast - food workers and others who toil for base pay, was offered as part of a deal to revamp disability pensions for cops and firefighters injured in the line of duty.

ALBANY — A senior adviser to Governor Andrew Cuomo said the governor stands in «strong solidarity» with labor unions and progressive groups seeking a $ 15 minimum wage for fast food workers, but stopped short of saying Cuomo would support that particular hourly rate.

Workers in the fast food industry, tipped positions, and all other industries will get a higher wage starting today as Governor Cuomo continues to push for a $ 15 statewide minimum wage.

Gov. Cuomo's push for a higher minimum wage for fast - food workers directly affects Bruce Colley, who reportedly had an affair with Cuomo's then - wife in 2003 and is one of the...

Yet just a few months later, Cuomo convened a state wage board, which, in July, voted to raise the minimum wage for fast - food workers to $ 15 by the end of 2018 in New York City.