Not exact matches
They are seeking $ 45 million in state
subsidies to pay workers more money to comply
with the rising minimum
wage in New York.
But the proposal has been met
with critics in the business community, which blasted Cuomo's remarks on Monday as well as the push to have a
wage subsidy in the plan.
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.
«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.
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.
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.
Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd., a unit of Nestle SA, added 4.2 percent after Mahathir's coalition pledged to abolish the nation's current goods and services tax, along
with fuel
subsidies and minimum
wage realignment.