Not exact matches
If this hadn't passed, Cuomo would have used his executive powers of
control over the
wage board and done it anyway like he did for fast food workers.
«Such a precedent - setting alteration of NIFA's
wage freeze authority would likely open the door for similar statutory modifications to the other presently governing
control boards in the state, and curtail the abilities of any new
control board that may need to be created in the future,» Cuomo wrote.
Nassau's financial
control board is objecting to proposed state legislation that would allow the county's union employees to get contractual step increases — salary hikes based on years in the job — even during a
wage freeze.
Nassau's financial
control board has pushed off for at least a week approval of proposed new union contracts that would lift a three - year
wage freeze.
Nassau Interim Finance Authority chairman Jon Kaiman said Saturday the
control board would hold a special meeting to consider halting raises that several elected officials recently gave their appointed staff members, despite a three - year
wage freeze.
Such a precedent - setting alteration of NIFA's
wage freeze ability would likely open the door for similar statutory modifications to the other presently - governing
control boards in the State, and curtail the abilities of any new
control board that mau need to be create din the future.
A state appeals court ruled that Nassau's financial
control board has the authority to suspend contractual pay increases for county employees, and dismissed union challenges to a three - year
wage freeze that ended in 2014.
While Mangano says that deal will save $ 320 million and lift a
wage freeze, the
control board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, has expressed concerns about its legality.
Cuomo said he turned to the
wage board after Republicans who
control the State Senate stifled attempts to increase the
wage during this year's legislative session.
In a related event in Albany on Thursday, a parade of business and restaurant officials and owners testified before the Republican -
controlled state Senate Labor Committee hearing on the recent Fast Food
Wage Board convened by Cuomo, bashing it as largely one - sided political stunt designed to appease progressive advocates.
He said the surplus results from cost - cutting, expense deferrals, one - shot revenue, a recovering economy and a continuing
wage freeze imposed by the county's financial
control board, the Nassau Interim Finance Authority.