NY budget hinges on minimum wage: how high, when and where
By DAVID KLEPPER
Associated Press
ALBANY (AP) - With a key budget deadline looming just days away, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there’s still no deal with lawmakers on his proposal to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15.
Following a closed door meeting with legislative leaders Tuesday, the Democratic governor said current negotiations are focusing on how fast to raise the wage, now $9, and whether certain parts of the state would top out at a figure of less than $15.
“We all agree there will be a minimum wage increase,” Cuomo told reporters. “Now we are discussing how much, when, and where.”
Cuomo said he’s confident the budget deal will include a plan to allow workers to take paid time off to care for a new child or sick loved one, and will also contain a large increase in education spending.
The governor and lawmakers are working to hammer out a budget deal before the state begins a new fiscal year on Friday. In a sign of confidence, the Legislature planned to begin printing the giant budget bills Tuesday night for possible action on Wednesday or Thursday.
Cuomo’s original $145 billion budget proposal contained his two priorities for the year: 12 weeks of paid family leave and a plan to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 in New York City by the end of 2018 and by mid-2021 elsewhere.
Members of the Senate’s Republican majority have said such a sharp increase could devastate businesses in many parts of the state, and have suggested a slower phase-in or a lower figure of $12 or $13 for upstate. Cuomo said the budget deal is also expected to give the state the ability to pause the increases in the event of an economic downturn.
“We’re having ongoing discussions” on the wage, Senate Leader John Flanagan, R-Long Island, said after his meeting with Cuomo. “We’re confident we can get to a resolution.”
Associated Press
ALBANY (AP) - With a key budget deadline looming just days away, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there’s still no deal with lawmakers on his proposal to gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $15.
Following a closed door meeting with legislative leaders Tuesday, the Democratic governor said current negotiations are focusing on how fast to raise the wage, now $9, and whether certain parts of the state would top out at a figure of less than $15.
“We all agree there will be a minimum wage increase,” Cuomo told reporters. “Now we are discussing how much, when, and where.”
Cuomo said he’s confident the budget deal will include a plan to allow workers to take paid time off to care for a new child or sick loved one, and will also contain a large increase in education spending.
The governor and lawmakers are working to hammer out a budget deal before the state begins a new fiscal year on Friday. In a sign of confidence, the Legislature planned to begin printing the giant budget bills Tuesday night for possible action on Wednesday or Thursday.
Cuomo’s original $145 billion budget proposal contained his two priorities for the year: 12 weeks of paid family leave and a plan to gradually increase the minimum wage to $15 in New York City by the end of 2018 and by mid-2021 elsewhere.
Members of the Senate’s Republican majority have said such a sharp increase could devastate businesses in many parts of the state, and have suggested a slower phase-in or a lower figure of $12 or $13 for upstate. Cuomo said the budget deal is also expected to give the state the ability to pause the increases in the event of an economic downturn.
“We’re having ongoing discussions” on the wage, Senate Leader John Flanagan, R-Long Island, said after his meeting with Cuomo. “We’re confident we can get to a resolution.”
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