Posted on 12/18/2020 8:06:32 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Despite an unemployment rate of ten percent and about one-third of small businesses already shuttered as a result of his coronavirus lockdowns, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is apparently unsatisfied in his efforts in the state. So he’s decided to go ahead with a planned minimum wage hike.
That’s OK. All business people are rich, aren’t they?
The New York Department of Labor announced Wednesday that it will move forward with plans to hike the state’s minimum wage on December 31. Under the state’s phased-in minimum wage increase that started in 2016, businesses in New York City are already required to pay workers a minimum of $15 per hour. On December 31, the minimum wage in Long Island and Westchester County will increase by $1 to $14 per hour, and the minimum wage across the rest of the state will jump from $11.80 to $12.50 per hour.
Cuomo’s Labor Department considered canceling or postponing the increase — especially after the governor reimposed many lockdown orders and promised more in the future. After all, “minimum wage” is sort of irrelevant when no one is getting paid any wages at all.
But the fight for social justice and economic equality must go on — even if it kills off every business in the state.
Greg Biryla, New York director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle that the Cuomo administration’s reasoning for approving the minimum wage hike “defies logic.” Even with assistance from the state and federal governments, 39 percent of NFIB members say they could be out of business in the next year.
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Governor Meatball is a meathead..
Insanity.
Or naked evil.
And just think he might become Attorney General.
I will still bet my paycheck that New Yorkers will still vote Democrat in 2022.
Whether they like it or not.
If they don’t they will just like magic.
Good Point
So in the (unlikely) event that New York ever recovers from Covid and governmental malpractice, all the (remaining) New Yorkers whose labor is not worth $15, $14 or $12.50 per hour will have plenty of spare time on their hands for peaceful protests. At least.
“.... Sentences Small Businesses to Death with Minimum Wage Hike.”
Possibly in time. But first as people are laid off the unemployment will skyrocket along with crime, until the state runs out of money. This act isn’t the finale, it is the first domino.
wy69
And will vote for him again.
Knuckle Brain is at it again!..............the Exodus out of NY will continue.
Please Lord Spare us- IF he become AG- he will be on ALL the time, bragging about what a wonderful job he’s doing, as Rome burns around us
Does the legislature get any credit?
as Rome burns around us... because the criminal domestic violence antifa and BLM continue their violent fits and torch city block after city block
Those Nipple Barbells have gone to his head.
Democrats destroy everything.
The exodus will continue. And Cuomo will raise taxes. And the exodus will continue. And Cuome will raise taxes.
Typical lib. Doesn’t understand that he will drive his tax base out of this state. Oh well.
The new minimum wage in Seattle is $16.69, Cuomo is Jenny Durkin’s b!tch.
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