State Dems: Raise minimum wage to $8.50
Quick ReadAssembly Democrats will unveil a proposal Monday to hike the minimum wage in New York from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour, a source familiar with the proposed legislation told Newsday Sunday night.
Photo credit: Newsday / Ted Phillips | Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) is expected to roll out his plan for raising the minimum wage Monday afternoon at the Capitol. (Jan. 24, 2012)
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Assembly Democrats will unveil a proposal Monday to hike the minimum wage in New York from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour, a source familiar with the proposed legislation told Newsday Sunday night.
The raise would become effective Jan. 1, 2013, and the following year would be permanently linked to inflation.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo last week said he was open "philosophically" to a wage increase,...
