Gov. Cuomo announces $15 minimum wage for state employees
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.
There are currently 277,622 active employees on the state payroll, according to a report from the Associated Press.
“We are going to lead by example and today I can announce that we are going to establish a public sector minimum wage and we are going to start in our own house and every employee of the state we will adopt this law and it will be a $15 minimum wage for all state employees,” said Cuomo. “I believe you are going to see others now follow New York.”
Cuomo’s proposal will be phased in over time, with city workers seeing the increase to $15 by the end of 2018 and upstate workers getting there by July 2021. A similar timeline was given for chain fast-food workers earlier this year after a state wage board approved $15 minimum wage for that group. However, Tuesday’s announcement did not require approval from the state legislature.
New York's minimum wage is now $8.75 and is set to rise to $9 at year's end. Any further increase has been largely opposed by Republicans in the state legislature.
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.
There are currently 277,622 active employees on the state payroll, according to a report from the Associated Press.
“We are going to lead by example and today I can announce that we are going to establish a public sector minimum wage and we are going to start in our own house and every employee of the state we will adopt this law and it will be a $15 minimum wage for all state employees,” said Cuomo. “I believe you are going to see others now follow New York.”
Cuomo’s proposal will be phased in over time, with city workers seeing the increase to $15 by the end of 2018 and upstate workers getting there by July 2021. A similar timeline was given for chain fast-food workers earlier this year after a state wage board approved $15 minimum wage for that group. However, Tuesday’s announcement did not require approval from the state legislature.
New York's minimum wage is now $8.75 and is set to rise to $9 at year's end. Any further increase has been largely opposed by Republicans in the state legislature.
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