Sentences with phrase «of the living wage legislation»
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has come out in support of the Living Wage legislation, sending a letter yesterday to Christine Quinn, the Council speaker.
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In 2013, Kennedy co-sponsored legislation to increase the state minimum wage to $ 9 an hour, and automatically adjust the minimum wage to account for cost - of - living increases.
Roughly 140 municipalities across the country have passed similar legislation, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Santa Fe, N.M., said Robert Pollin, an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst who has studied living wage issues.
In preparation for a long - awaited Nov. 22 City Council hearing on Living Wage legislation, which has its roots in the battle over the fate of the Kingsbridge Armory, supporters, including several Council members, are stepping up their p.r. campaign.
Asked what he thinks the study means for the living wage legislation currently under consideration at the City Council, Paul Sonn, legal co-director of the National Employment Law Project, still seemed optimistic.
De Blasio has challenged Quinn on the living wage bill, claiming the speaker stalled the bill's passage while also blunting the scope of the legislation.
CITY HALL — The City Council passed a final budget late Thursday night that averts the worst of threatened service cuts, and overrules a trio of mayoral vetoes, including controversial living wage legislation.
«This month, we will extend the reach of living wage standards — ending a city lawsuit that stood in the way of expanding that important legislation,» de Blasio said during the 42 - minute address at La Guardia Community College in Queens.
The rejection of Related Plan could spur living wage legislation, says WYNC.
Gresham, who joined Cuomo on an RV tour in upstate New York to stoke support for the governor's legislation, said that New York can now become the type of place where families can make a living wage instead of just a minimum wage.
«Along with other wage - related legislation we are addressing today, the Council has the ability to show its support of New Yorkers who can not afford to live in the city they have helped make great.
Diaz led the living wage battle at the Kingsbridge Armory a few years ago, and he's made passing this current legislation one of his top priorities.
The new rules remind me of another recent piece of legislation that increased the minimum wage with the intent to increase the living wage of all workers.