WASHINGTON - As discussions have all but wrapped up in Albany regarding an adjustment to the state minimum wage, there is now an effort underway to increase the federal minimum wage. On Tuesday New York’s junior Senator in Washington, Kirsten … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Lawmaker Reach Minimum Wage Deal
ALBANY - State lawmakers have settled on a tentative agreement that would raise the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour as part of the $136.5 billion budget. The Albany Times-Union is reporting that following a private conversation Monday morning, … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Senate Co-Leaders have Differing Opinion on Minimum Wage
ALBANY — The four-month-old ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Democrats in the state Senate could face the greatest test to its unity over raising the state minimum wage. A source with knowledge of the talks told the Albany Times … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Assembly Approves Minimum Wage Hike, Senate Approval Unlikely
ALBANY - As expected, the state Assembly Tuesday approved a bill that calls for increasing the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour – a $1.75 increase from the current rate of $7.25 an hour. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said afterward that the … [Read more...]
