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Friend,
New Yorkers need a raise, and they needed it yesterday.
New York’s $15 minimum wage has become unlivable; a challenge made that much more difficult by historically high inflation. Even before inflation reached new heights, two in five minimum-wage income households in New York lacked the income to cover basic necessities like housing, food, and heat.
That’s why I proposed and continue to fight hard to pass Senate Bill S3062, a bill that would increase the minimum wage to $20.45 by 2025, using a formula impacted by inflation each year. You can read more about the bill here.
I am proud to represent a city that is often at the forefront of just and humane economic policy – but we are lagging far behind on this issue. Thirty-three cities and counties have wages above $15 an hour as of January 2022, and eleven more will pass $15 later in 2022. Major cities like Seattle, San Francisco, and five others will have minimum wages of about $17 or higher in 2022.
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