NY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Minimum Wage Plan Meets Resistance (1)

Several Democratic New York state lawmakers, unions, and worker advocates on Thursday pushed back on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to tie the minimum wage to inflation, saying the proposal is inadequate for struggling low-income workers and the rate should be eventually boosted by to over $21per hour statewide.

Business groups conversely say they’re against any raise while employers continue to recover from the pandemic. New York’s minimum wage downstate is $15 per hour and it’s $14.20 for upstate workers.

The minimum wage fight will test the moderate Democrat governor’s ability to push her own priorities while working with an increasingly ...