Several other municipalities have
enacted wage guarantees on development projects benefiting from taxpayer subsidies.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced an agreement between developers and unions who had been tasked with attaching some form
of wage guarantees to the 421 - a program, which provides tax breaks to developers of affordable housing.
Uncle Sam's
wage guarantee would cost $ 85 billion.
Greg Faulkner, Cabrera's chief of staff, said the councilman wants to hear from more residents before he makes a decision, but added that a living -
wage guarantee would not be a «deciding factor.»
The SQA is a Living Wage Employer and is now being asked if its current payment system adheres to
the wage guarantee policy.