ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using executive authority make sure all state employees throughout New York see a $15 minimum wage by the end of 2021.

The governor made the announcement alongside a number of union workers in New York City on Tuesday. New York will be the first state to enact a $15 public sector minimum wage. The milestone is part of a push from the Cuomo administration to implement a $15 wage across all industries.

Cuomo said the initiative was “about basic fairness and basic justice.”

The increase will soon impact approximately 10,000 state workers, about 1,000 in New York City and the rest upstate. The workers in the city include office assistants, custodial workers and lifeguards.