Business Council President Health Briccetti says the proposed
steep hike in the minimum wage would be bad for the state's economy, and the group will be heavily engaged in opposing it.
ALBANY — A tense standoff, a three - hour delay and backroom wrangling marked an internal Republican struggle before GOP senators decided to vote
in a bloc to support a
steep minimum wage hike in exchange for a budget that increased school spending and cut income tax rates for many.