ALBANY – One hundred thirty of the state’s most powerful women are calling for the passage of #RaiseUpNY, legislation that would allow cities and counties to raise wages above the state’s minimum of $8 an hour.
According to a report from the Legislative Gazette, #RaiseUpNY bill (S.6516/A.9036) is a plan to allow individual cities and counties within the state to set their own minimum wage, based on factors such as cost of living. But Governor Andrew Cuomo has criticized the plan saying it would create a chaotic situation throughout the state by pitting cities and counties against each other.
The 130 women recently sent a letter to the governor’s office and the Legislature, detailing New York’s income inequality, with 53 percent of women making up the low wage workers in the state, and two-thirds of fast food workers. Forty percent of women are also paid less than $15 an hour, compared to 34 percent of men.
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