The Mason Tenders also made a rare appearance as one of the state's top - spending lobby clients last year; as a group it supported spent nearly $ 1.3 million in the first six months in support
of a prevailing wage requirement in an attempt to renew 421 - a tax credits.
But Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that any future deal leading to a permanent renewal of the abatement must include some form
of prevailing wage requirement for construction workers on projects benefitting from 421a — namely buildings with more than 15 units.
S.8379 - A / A.10257 - D: Broadens scope
of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.
Not exact matches
Cuomo's imprint: Developers
of new residential projects with 300 or more units in parts
of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens will bear an additional
requirement to pay construction workers a
prevailing wage.
And there's a real fear, I think a real important concern about the reduction in production that would happen if the 421 - a program ended up having a
prevailing wage requirement,» said Rafael Cestero
of the Community Preservation Corporation.
«That
prevailing wage requirement simply just increases the cost overall
of doing it.
Mayor Bill de Blasio has drawn the ire
of the national AFL - CIO for his refusal to support a
prevailing wage requirement for construction workers in a controversial tax abatement program that's up for renewal.
The proposed changes to the
prevailing wage requirement in 421 - a came out
of discussions between the union and the de Blasio administration, according to a city official.
They need to stay in the City
of New York,» Wright said during a 90 - minute rally
of hundreds
of construction workers blasting the mayor for leaving out the
prevailing wage requirement.
The accord is a far cry from the initial demands
of union groups, who sought
prevailing wage requirements for construction workers on most projects that qualified for the tax break.
The 421a abatement — the sine qua non
of Mr. de Blasio's proposal to construct 60,000 new below - market apartments — expired in January after an ill - fated decision by Mr. Cuomo and the legislative leaders to have the real estate industry and unions negotiateinclude new
prevailing wage requirements for construction workers.
LaBarbera's argument also sent mixed - signals on how much
of an impact the
wage requirements will have if union labor held onto a majority
of the market to begin with (meaning that those jobs were likely paying
prevailing wages anyway).
Gov. Andrew Cuomo warned
of an explosive populist reaction to a proposal to extend a new tax break to condominiums in exchange for
prevailing wage requirements for construction workers — one
of the suggested solutions to reinstate the lapsed 421a tax credit.
On May 7, de Blasio proposed revamping the 421 - a law to require some level
of affordable housing throughout the city and to strengthen the
requirement that service workers be paid a
prevailing wage.
By adding the amendments that address
prevailing wage requirements and force organizations to hire from a set pool
of contractors, the Democrats in the Legislature put the agenda
of special - interest groups in front
of what is best for Erie County.
[47] He has also expressed distaste for public service labor unions, which he has compared to pigs, [53] and is an outspoken critic
of state laws such as the Wicks Law, which sets
prevailing wage requirements, [49] and the Taylor Law, which gives unions significant negotiating advantages in exchange for prohibiting them from striking.
The Albany arrangement only extends the abatement for six months, with the intention
of allowing real estate interests and building trades unions to reach an agreement on
prevailing wage requirements.
The holdout senators this week released a list
of budget demands that included expanding access to private voucher schools outside Milwaukee and Racine, operational changes to the Wisconsin Department
of Transportation, requiring counties or municipalities that enact wheel taxes to do so by voter referendum and moving up the effective date
of the budget's repeal
of the state's
prevailing wage requirement.
In addition to the generally applicable
requirements described above (including the specific
prevailing wage and labor protection
requirements set forth in the RRIF statute), the rail safety standards set forth in 49 C.F.R. § § 209 - 244 detail minimum safety
requirements for railroad track that is part
of the general railroad system
of transportation.
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Wage (including any incremental raises, performance pay or bonuses); the employer can use a
wage range for the purposes of complying with the advertising requirements, but the minimum wage in the range must meet prevailing wa
wage range for the purposes
of complying with the advertising
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prevailing wagewage).
One
of the Southland's top manufacturing success stories is leading an effort to exempt the south suburbs from new Cook County
prevailing wage requirements that municipal leaders say would cripple private investment.