Sentences with phrase «prevailing wage legislation»

NEW YORK — The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg's veto of prevailing wage legislation, paving the way for a courtroom showdown between his office and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins was similarly critical of the legislation as construction unions have pushed for a prevailing wage in the bill.

During this year's negotiations over 421 - a renewal, the assemblyman introduced legislation that would have required recipients of the tax break to pay these contractors a prevailing wage, a proposal critics derided as unnecessary and counterproductive in an industry where workers are already paid substantially more than an average worker's salary.

Martins» legislation mandates that any developer receiving the 421 - a abatement would have to pay workers the prevailing wage for projects with more than 50 units where less that 50 percent of the units are priced as affordable.

Assembly Democrats have a copy of de Blasio's bill proposing reforms to the 421 - a program, but have yet to introduce the legislation, suggesting possible concerns over criticism from labor groups over the absence of a provision in the bill that would require developers building 421 - a housing to pay construction and building trades workers a prevailing wage.

Wright is also the chairman of the influential Assembly Housing Committee and has backed legislation that would include a prevailing wage component in the 421a tax abatement renewal.

As the Republican - led Senate introduces legislation that could be the basis for a «big ugly» compromise on the 421a tax abatement, the coalition of organizations pushing for a prevailing wage is distancing itself from SEIU 32BJ's opposition to the measure.

Republican Sen. Jack Martins, meanwhile, introduced legislation that includes the prevailing wage component, which is opposed by business groups.

In essence, the legislation would provide a prevailing wage to workers who are part of a greater range of projects.

Jacque, though, said during a telephone interview on Tuesday that he believes Republican leaders are irritated at him for the committee hearing he held in 2015 on legislation calling for the repeal of the state's prevailing - wage laws.

Just days after lawmakers took out of the state budget plans to repeal Wisconsin's remaining prevailing - wage laws, two Republicans began circulating legislation that would do the same thing.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters this week at the Capitol his conference supports the prevailing wage and Housing Committee Chairman Keith Wright includes the provision in his abatement renewal legislation.

In promising to veto the measure last week — as well as following through a veto of the related prevailing wage bill, which that would apply to certain building workers in properties where the city leases a large percentage of space — the mayor argued that the legislation would kill jobs and undermine progress the city had made recovering from the recession.