NYC’s Minimum Wage Could Hit $30 — Highest in the US — Under New Proposed Law
The New York City Council is set to propose a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage bill on Tuesday, which would nearly double the Big Apple’s current baseline pay of $17, Gothamist first reported.
The bill is sponsored by lefty Councilwoman Sandy Nurse (D-37) and echoes one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises to lift the Big Apple’s minimum pay to $30 by the year 2030.
Despite the similarities, Mamdani declined to explicitly support the legislation in a statement provided to The Post.
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California Tried This and Guess What Happened
I applaud the City Council’s efforts to raise the wages of hard working New Yorkers and bring real change.
I look forward to New Yorkers seeing the same higher food prices and job layoffs (Artificial Intell) that Californians experienced when they pandered to low income voters with minimum wage increases.
https://natlawreview.com/article/have-it-your-way-california-20-minimum-wage-backfires
Anonymous
Brilliantly stupid.
So now more people get fired.
The cost of items go up pushing even higher the need for even higher wages.
How about cutting the waste fraud and abuse and the useless gvt jobs that are not necessary?
Anonymous
And watch the purchasing value of thirty dollars go down to the equivalent of ten.