Cuomo did open the door to the possibility of taking his minimum
wage proposal out of the executive budget, which he has argued he included there because increasing how much low - income New Yorkers earn has the potential to help boost the economy.
Not exact matches
And while New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said the
wage bump would create momentum for
wage increases in other states, New York franchise owners expressed unhappiness about the
proposal, saying they are being unfairly singled
out.
Silver added that he did not expect his
proposal to increase the minimum
wage would eventually become a major sticking point in the $ 132.5 billion budget, which could be ironed
out as early as this week.
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called that
proposal a job killer, but asked earlier this month if he was ruling
out any increase of the minimum
wage this session, the Long Island Republican only said he would not take up «Silver's bill.»
Talk of a special carve -
out won't change the New York Farm Bureau's position on Cuomo's
proposal to raise the state's minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour.
A
proposal by Tory backbenchers to let disabled people opt
out of the minimum
wage to find work has been dismissed as «preposterous».
The lobby group's budget analysis singled
out the minimum
wage proposal backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Democratic lawmakers and
wage and labor advocates as the «most significant new business cost» in the spending plan.
In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is
out with a study that shows potential effects of Cuomo's
proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour.
The tuition plan joins additional policy
proposals rolled
out by Cuomo this month, including a tax credit program to make childcare more affordable, investments in JFK Airport and charging infrastructure for electric cars and stronger safeguards against
wage theft, cyber threats and the financial exploitation of senior citizens.
His $ 13 minimum
wage was laughed
out of town, only for Mr. Cuomo to bounce back with a $ 15
proposal.
In addition, a fiscally conservative think tank is
out with a study that shows potential effects of Governor Cuomo's
proposal to phase in an increase in the state's minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposal to enact a $ 15
wage is one of several issues to be decided as the Democratic governor and state lawmakers seek to work
out a state budget deal before an April 1 deadline.
Cuomo saved his plans for education and ethics reform for his speech, after already rolling
out a massive infrastructure project that he says will make the late Governor Nelson Rockefeller «jealous», calling for a statewide $ 15 minimum
wage, and numerous other
proposals.
Later, in the glittering finale of his Budget speech, stealing the Mayor's living
wage proposal wasn't just pulling a rabbit
out of the hat by Mr Osborne, it was shooting Boris's fox too.
Cuomo's minimum
wage proposal was put into an Article 7 bill, meaning it could be altered or taken
out entirely.
But he wouldn't rule
out passing a
wage hike this year as he did last year, when he called the Silver
proposal a «job killer.»
Senate Republicans have expressed reservations with a $ 15 minimum
wage, but have not completely ruled
out the
proposal.
Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli of the Syracuse area says he's confident the $ 15 minimum
wage proposal won't fall
out of the state budget.
Howard Zemsky, head of Empire State Development, told legislators at a budget hearing that the governor's $ 15 - an - hour minimum
wage proposal would be an economic booster because it would raise people
out of poverty who will spend and circulate that money.
The $ 300 million in tax cuts spread
out over the next several years in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget
proposal aren't enough to offset a minimum
wage increase to $ 15, Majority Leader John Flanagan told reporters on Monday.
Senate Republicans are yet to rule
out a minimum
wage increase, but have expressed reservations with Cuomo's
proposal for a $ 15 minim
wage.
Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos wouldn't rule
out passing the budget with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposal to increase the state's minimum
wage from $ 7.25 to $ 8.75, though he noted «anything can be taken
out of the budget.»
Coming
out of a meeting at the governor's office, Heastie said the discussion on the minimum
wage increase an «open discussion,» when asked by Capital if he was pushing for the Assembly's $ 15 an hour
proposal.
Paul Sonn, general counsel for the National Employment Law Project said Cuomo's minimum
wage proposal is
out of step with what most other cities with high costs of living are proposing.
, at a rally for a $ 15 minimum
wage on Thursday, and released, «Taking Care of our Caretakers,» a report laying
out the IDC's
proposal to raise the
wage for home health aides, direct care workers and personal care aides.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has spent the days leading up to this joint State of the State and budget message rolling
out a number of new programs and
proposals, including an anti poverty agenda that includes raising the minimum
wage, and tax cuts for small businesses.
This is hardly surprising, but it's also worth noting that the WFP has agreed to embrace Cuomo's «New NY Agenda» — a condition laid
out by the AG in order for him to accept the party's nod — which includes a property tax cap, creation of another pension tier and a
wage freeze for public employees, among other
proposals of which many unions (mostly the progressive and public sector types) aren't fond.
The minimum
wage hike
proposal — Gov. Andrew Cuomo had pushed a two - tiered structure for the city and the rest of the state — ultimately fell
out of the budget.
Cuomo saved his plans for education and ethics reform for his speech, after already rolling
out a massive infrastructure project that he says would make the late Gov.Nelson Rockefeller jealous, calling for a statewide $ 15 minimum
wage, and numerous other
proposals.
The dueling
proposal come as the two men have already seemed to to be trying to
out - progressive each other on issues like hiking the minimum
wage last week.
Cuomo saved his plans for education and ethics reform for his speech, after already rolling
out a massive infrastructure project that he said will make the late Governor Nelson Rockefeller «jealous,» calling for a statewide $ 15 minimum
wage, and numerous other
proposals.
As state lawmakers huddle with the governor this week to hash
out a final spending plan — the final budget is due on Saturday — both the Assembly and Senate
proposals include an initial $ 45 million toward a six - year plan to create a living
wage for direct care workers.
Talk of a special carve -
out won't change the New York Farm Bureau's position on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's
proposal to raise the state's minimum
wage to $ 15 an hour.
Even with minimum
wage increases cropping up around the nation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 15 - an - hour
proposal stands
out for directing so much more money to so many workers.
The first such report in the United States grew
out of a 1999
proposal to boost the minimum
wage paid workers employed by contractors hired by the city of San Francisco.