,
City
Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following on the signing of AB 10,
which will increase California’s minimum wage to $10.00 per hour:
“We
applaud California’s leaders for reaching an agreement to raise their
state’s minimum wage to $10.00 per hour. As pay
continues to lag behind the cost of living and corporate profits,
increases in state and local minimum wages are an ever more important
way to help struggling families make ends meet. In New York City — the
nation’s most expensive major city — we continue
to call for a minimum wage of $11.50 per hour, which would lift roughly
200,000 New Yorkers out of poverty and put $2.4 billion into the
pockets of workers who need it most. We look forward to continuing to
work with our colleagues in Albany to realize these
changes in the weeks and months to come.”
Background
Liu’s minimum wage report – July 24, 2013:
http://comptroller.nyc.gov/
Liu statement on New York State minimum wage legislation – March 19, 2013:
http://comptroller.nyc.gov/
Liu applauds President Obama’s federal minimum wage proposal – February 13, 2013:
http://www.comptroller.nyc.
Liu applauds Governor Cuomo’s minimum wage proposal – January 9, 2013:
http://www.comptroller.nyc.
Liu proposes an $11.50 per hour minimum wage during his State of the City address – December 20, 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Liu’s income inequality in NYC report – May 21, 2012:
http://comptroller.nyc.gov/
