We should expand and consolidate
wage subsidies for low - earning workers and offer relocation subsidies so that workers will follow the jobs.
It probably requires some kind of
wage subsidy for the lowest - earning workers.
Marco Rubio has (correctly) proposed
a wage subsidy for low - income workers.
The Cuomo administration has offered developers and union officials
a wage subsidy for construction workers in the hopes of reviving 421 - a — a dormant program that has generated thousands of apartments for poor and moderate - income New Yorkers, and saved property owners tens of millions of dollars in property taxes.
Not exact matches
Those jobs are already very well compensated, so this is acting as a
wage subsidy to high - income workers, paid
for by the general population.
Furthermore, in our experience we know that the Department of Finance spends a considerable amount of effort in developing their direct program expense forecast, taking into consideration potential
wage increases, the profile of various transfers and
subsidies, provisions
for valuation, the sun setting of various programs, etc..
In public, Rubio argued
for welfare reforms like
wage subsidies to «pursue reforms that encourage and reward work.»
The savings come from reduced costs
for public assistance to low -
wage workers — in effect a taxpayer
subsidy to large low -
wage employers — and increased tax payments by workers benefiting from the
wage hike.
Democrats in the Assembly want a prevailing
wage requirement
for all new developments receiving the
subsidy from taxpayers.
And if government is giving
subsidies to these rich real estate developers, why isn't government insisting on a fair
wage for the workers on the project?
Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been said the
subsidies for affordable units would go up due to
wage requirements attached to the projects
It is the Wal - Mart's of the business world who are profiting most from the low minimum
wage standard and also relying on taxpayer
subsidies to keep their poverty
wage workers fed, housed, and health enough to work
for them because these minimum
wage workers are paid so low they qualify
for food stamps, Section 8 and public housing rent
subsidies, Medicaid, and the Earned Income Tax Credit,» Hawkins said.
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing
wage standards to a government
subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with reaching an agreement on
wage standards
for construction workers by
At the behest of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has insisted on tying prevailing
wage standards to a government
subsidy, the state tasked REBNY and the Building and Construction Trades Council with reaching an agreement on
wage standards
for construction workers by mid-January of 2016.
Construction labor unions, meanwhile, were buoyed by Cuomo's support
for reviving the 421a tax abatement by using a
subsidy to pay
for a prevailing
wage component.
The Senate bill acknowledges that
wage standards must be part of any long - term solution on 421 - a, and has identified a pathway
for negotiations — all parties should consider a six month extender to fix a broken public
subsidy program.
Cuomo insults the legacy of his late father, liberal icon Mario Cuomo, by claiming that businesses paying the minimum
wage «steal» $ 2 billion from taxpayers because their workers can get government
subsidies, according to Empire Center
for Public Policy President E.J. McMahon.
City Council members Oliver Koppell and Annabel Palma may cause an uproar in City Hall, when they propose a bill that guarantees a
wage of at least $ 10
for workers of development projects that have received more than $ 100,000 in public
subsidies.
The governor promised, just as the business leaders he's so assiduously courted were asking, that he would enact some sort of tax cut or
subsidy to make it up to them
for his support
for a minimum -
wage hike.
«We told the mayor that while he was telling us he was against the project, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen was having private email conversations with FreshDirect lobbyists promising support
for the $ 140 million
subsidy if the company could deliver on living
wage jobs, but more than half of FreshDirect's workforce remains below living
wage,» Harry Bubbins, member of the group, said in the press release.
«If we provide a taxpayer
subsidy in exchange
for jobs, we should expect jobs that pay a better
wage than the minimum
wage,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in a statement ahead of the vote.
Mindful of criticism that she has moved to the right politically in her years as speaker, Quinn also mentioned her role in enacting a living
wage requirement
for businesses receiving city
subsidies, in curbing deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of minor offenses, in protecting a woman's right to choose, and in preventing teacher layoffs.
But all the speakers clearly preferred it to stay empty rather than give over a public building with public
subsidies to a mall developer who won't guarantee a living
wage for employees of its retail tenants.
Koppell did say he was going to push legislation to require a living
wage across the board
for developers who receive public
subsidies, a move people in the meeting were please with.
The governor had harsher words, though,
for the
wage subsidies he said have flowed to fast food companies.
«Our law will require developers who receive major taxpayer - funded
subsidies pay a living
wage for the jobs they create,» she said.
Cuomo of late has delighted labor unions as he pushes to attach some kind of prevailing
wage protection to the 421 - a program, a tax
subsidy for developers that is usually renewed in tandem with rent regulations.
That support can take the form of technical assistance, such as on - site coaching or consultation; financial incentives, like tiered child care
subsidy reimbursement rates and quality improvement grants; and workforce supports, like
wage subsidies or scholarships
for teachers pursuing higher education.Aleksandra Holod et al., Moving Up the Ladder: How Do States Deliver Quality Improvement Supports Within Their Quality Rating and Improvement Systems?
And it means helping low - income families too, reinstating the state Earned Income Tax Credit
for low -
wage workers, expanding Medicaid, and reversing the decision to kick thousands of children off the child care
subsidy program that allows parents to work or go back to school.
The purpose of the benefit is to provide insurance
for actual
wage loss, as opposed to indemnifying workers
for life or providing a retirement
subsidy.
The earlier proposal of increasing
subsidy on EPS - 95 and raising the basic
wage from 1.16 % to 1.79 %
for ensuring pension was disapproved by Finance Ministry.