State, but Business Owners say theyre concerned about how to come up with the money to pay the higher wages. Home health aide lisa johnson is a mom of four who works three jobs to stay afloat. Today shes breathing a sigh of relief. I am so happy. Reporter she is one of the 2. 3 million workers who will see their pay go up now that the wage will be 15 an hour. Right now im working three jobs. All of them are basically paying me 10 an hour. I have one thats paying me 11. This would give me the opportunity with this raise to eliminate one of the jobs and spend more quality time with my children. Children. Reporter the increase means tough choices for businesses, especially small familyrun businesses like this liquor store. It has 10 employees and will between now and 2018. I dont want to let anyone go. Go. Reporter businesses in Westchester Westchester have until 2021, but thats doing little to sweeten the deal. I cant afford to pay them what the requirement is going to be. I cant afford that. I will go out of business. Reporter Governor Cuomo and other proponents of the increase say it will have the opposite effect by putting more money in peoples pockets that will bolster spending. When you look at the past times that the minimum wage has been raised, the economy has increased because of the raise in the minimum wage. Employment has actually reporter some Business Owners say they cant imagine wonder how the increase will impact the pay scale across the board. With no experience went from 9 to 15, what does 10 years of experience go to . From 15 to 20 or from 15 to 25. Reporter i mentioned that businesses in westchester and long island have longer to implement the minimum wage. They have up to six years as opposed to four for city businesses. Upstate counties have to get to 12. 50 by 2020. That will move to 15 down the road once they do analysis of how it impacts businesses. Ernie its been a hot issue. We know new york legislators, the governor, have built in this safety valve into the law. Tell us about that and how that works. Reporter thats a provision that says if the economy goes south, if this doesnt have the intended effects, which Governor Cuomo said of helping to improve the economy. Legislators can hit a brake. They can suspend the minimum wage increase in 2019. That depends what the economy is thats what hes calling the safety valve. Ernie as weve seen, a lot of adjusting going on. Thank you very much. This story in the news. The water at eight more schools in newark tested positive for potentially dangerous lead levels. The contamination was found in utility sinks, bathroom faucets, a transportation hub and athletic fields. The mayor tells fox 5 the city is going to need help fixing the problem, estimating it could cost 1 billion to repair. Thats whats happening in the news. Nick is joining me. We both are wearing the blue pin. This is Autism Awareness day, which is tomorrow in new york, and were going to see a lot of buildings even this evening in the blue color trying to raise awareness. Intervention can make such a difference, a lifetime difference. Nick it really is. This is the logo for autism speaks. Im involved with some of the charity work they do. We all know someone whos each year we hear the ratio is smaller and smaller. Its something that ernie its improving. We like to hear that. The intervention thing is really important to start early. Ernie okay. Friend. Nick we do, but we still have showers to get through. The temperatures have been pushing 80 in parts of the area. There will be showers coming through this evening. Today. Ernie forget about it. Nick in the process, more rain will be coming through. And some snow. 79, 62 today. That, again, way above average. Average high 56. Average low 40. The records are 83 and 12 not in jeopardy. 6 37 your sunrise. Down at 7 21. Not going to be a lot of sun tomorrow. Maybe in the afternoon. Well be dealing with rain into the early afternoon. 77. Humidity at 45 percent. With the wind out of the south, were seeing that warmer weather and higher humidity. The pressure is falling, waiting well expect that this evening. The first of what will be two cold fronts. 78 to 80 in the Hudson Valley down to the city. Newark topping off at 80. 50s as you moved on to long island. 62 bridgeport. Monticello sharing in the warmth at 70. Sussex, back up a degree. Theyve had rain showers. 72 poughkeepsie as rain moved through that area. 50s from islip east. 73 as you get to allentown. Youll find the wind out of the southwest. Were waiting for the cold front to come through. Its off to the west. 20 to 30 miles an hour. Its breezy tonight. Tomorrow, well get a gusty breeze in the afternoon. Look at the showers from danbury, connecticut, extending county. Well close in on this one. From north of the nye nyack area and matter that will push to the east. Look at fox 5 sky guardian 3d. East. Some lightning and thunder with these as they come along and a brief burst of rain. Be on the lookout for that this evening. A couple more showers off to the west. Look at the wider view. This is what im concerned about tomorrow. Just a second. Here are the showers on the northeast radar and satellite composite moving to the east. Well watch this trend, this moisture sneaking up. Behind this system is where the real cold air is lurking. That will be arriving for saturday night into sunday. May come with snow showers, too. 50s out the door in the city. Again, scattered, occasional rain in the morning. Maybe a break of sun or two in the afternoon. Only 59 for the high tomorrow. And the colder air tomorrow night. See what i mean . The futurecast, the moisture streaming up behind this front. Occasional rain into the afternoon. That may kick off snow tomorrow night into sunday. Very windy sunday. Effect for the area from late saturday night through sunday morning. This system is likely to bring some rain for the yankees opener on monday. Theres the high wind watch with gusts of 55 miles an hour. Be careful. Early showers, then a lot of clouds the rest of the night. 53 in the city. 40s in the suburbs. We will have occasional rain tomorrow morning into the early afternoon. Well stop at 59 with a gusty breeze. Windy tomorrow night. Rain showers to snow showers and sun, 42. Monday, rain comes back. 51. The end of snow. Tuesday morning, 29. Windy, 40 in the afternoon with sunshine. Only 45 wednesday morning. Low in the 20s. The end of the week looks unsettled. April is starting off eh. Ernie youve given us a lot to think about. Taking it one day at a time. Thank you very much. We have much more to tell you about. Technology has changed a lot in our lives. And even the local library. How theyve gone digital and more advanced with new branches. New york citys former schools about his exciting new job. And wed love to see you next week. Monday, well be trying to figure out how to raise new yorks rating on the list of best cities to live in. On tuesday, Alison Morris joins me as we try to help you find your next job. A lot coming up all week long. We hope youll join us for that. Well be back after the break here on fox 5. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, ernie welcome back on this friday. Tonight were going to the library. A lot of us remember going in, showing a card and leaving with a book or doing research with an encyclopedia. A lot of memories. As liz dahlem shows us, theyre come a long way and their future is limitless. Reporter the local library used to be the place where youd take out a classic or the newest novel. Now there is so much more to do, like youre about to see at the Queens Center library. On any given morning, every corner of the library is taken. You wont see many people with books. Most are in front of computers. I try my best, but i think it helps really, really, really good. Reporter at the job and Business Academy corner, francesca works to perfect her resume. Job placement is something this library specializes in. App, search for jobs, create a profile and even record themselves. One of the things that we saw pretty quickly was when they wanted to apply for jobs, they didnt necessarily have something to make them look professional, which is why we started this. Reporter its on the cutting edge of technology. Forget the library card. Use your phone. Customers can take out tablets and bring the library home. And theres wifi hotspots available, too. There are certain challenged communities with limited access to the internet or no access at home. And they need an alternative to get a leg up. Having the ability to access the resources through technology is drawing people in. In fiscal year 2013, there were 6. 8 million electronic visits on the virtual portal. In 2017, officials predict there will be 8. 5 million. Another program has students hitting the books and is giving this classroom is full of young adults getting their geds, known as the high school e equivalent cy diploma and its free. They need that motivation, someone to guide them to the next step. Reporter the library is still a life and career starter. From jamaica queens, liz dahlem, fox 5 news. Ernie thank you very much for that. Were very happy to have with us the president and ceo of the queens library. Always a pleasure. Ernie congratulations to you. A former new York City Schools chancellor. You had many government roles. Here you are in your hometown, queens where you were brought up. Its interesting. I spent a lot of time at this library as a student. Well be celebrating our 50th anniversary. I was probably in Early High School visiting the library. Its a great opportunity. Its an honor to be a part ernie what a full circle for you. I know you have a lot of great ideas. I want to compliment the staff. A lot of great programs. The vision is how we expand our services and make sure people are able to take advantage of the great programs that we offer throughout the borough of queens. Ernie you have a lot of programs. We do. Weve had one Million People who have taken advantage of our free programs. We are the great equal opportunity provider for services. Ernie so great. People are able to do the oldfashioned thing, taking books out ernie and the new technology. And having a Virtual Library in front of them. Ernie thats very exciting. You have a lot of great ideas in terms of what you want to do. Youre looking for the Cutting Edge Technology you were telling me about. We want to make sure we include the various platforms available to people, making sure we expand our programs, making sure were available seven days a week. Right now were six days a week. Two of our Community Libraries are open seven days. We want to expand that to 14 were asking the mayor and city council to make sure for baseline funding. Ernie Everybody Needs that. You talk about the different programs. We saw where you have this ged, the High School Equivalency program and others. We have uniform prek programs, programs for adults, adult learners who are there on a regular basis learning english, learning how to really compete in todays society. As you saw, job business programs. Ernie its wonderful. Were teaching new languages. Were having great opportunities for the people of queens and beyond. Ernie good for you. Tell me something. With all the experience youve had, whats the most important thing youve learned through your experiences . Always take on challenges. I love for myself and for others to always be available to take on a new challenge. What we see are people who come through our doors taking on new challenges. I mentioned to you i moved the office that was my predecessors ernie this is a good idea. I take bathroom complaints and people tell me about not having hot water in the bathroom. Ernie youre right there. More importantly, i hear the needs of the people. And they want services. They want services seven days a week and they take advantage. They run to our cyber center, our media room, the shelves to get the books. Everything. Queens library. Congratulations. Always good to have you here. Come back again. You got your card. Ernie good man. Thank you, dennis. No fooling around. Its april 1st. I was wondering about something. Do you like to play april fool jokes . Ernie what about you . Are you a prankster . Your answers are coming up. First, russ will join us with syracuses ernie weve got a big weekend of college basketball, final four, but not without controversy here. Russ you know, quite frankly, to me its silly. Look, big weekend. The tournament has been great thus far. Villanova plays oklahoma in the first game. Syracusenorth carolina in the second. Its been no secret, Everybody Knows that syracuse has been under heavy sanctions. Jim bayhaim missed nine games. They lost scholarships. But he made a comment yesterday which to me is absolutely silly, idiotic idiotic. Doesnt mean youre cheating. So, like, i mean, either hes completely arrogant and thinks everybody is stupid, or hes just not thinking. Ernie he was asked a question. Thats what do you think he should have said . Russ he should have said, hey, we paid the price. We paid our penalty. Its done with. Were moving on. But to say its not cheating, ernie, the improprieties stem from improper benefits, academic misconduct and failure to enforce the schools drug policy. Okay. So you broke the rules, but you didnt cheat . Youre making yourself look stupid. It doesnt make sense. I feel bad for the kids at syracuse. Ernie i think youre right. Theyve had some great basketball games. That overshadows what youre talking about. Russ to me its just great. Theyre coming off syracuse is coming off such a great win over virginia. Dont dont view the public as being stupid. They know what the deal is. Ernie whos going to win this weekend . What do you think . Whos going to take it all . Russ if i had a i think the best team and the team that will win everything i believe is north carolina, who by the way, their coach, roy williams, is under big time heat for their own indiscretions. If i had a choice, i would like it to be villanova. Ernie i knew youd say that. Russ if its not, ill take oklahoma. I cant vote for bayheim or williams. Ernie its april fools day. Your answers are coming up next. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, ernie its that time of year again. Do you like to play april fool jokes . No. Never. My daughter was born april 1. Ernie so you always play jokes . Always. My husband is the biggest comedian. Of course. Ernie what do you do . I mean, i remember one time i, like, i sprayed the water in the sink. It sprayed on my sister. Ernie thats an old one. You like to play the jokes . Yeah. Ernie anybody get mad at you . My parents. Ernie dont do that, they say . Yeah. Ernie what are you doing this year . That i dont know. But its going to involve mice. Every year is about having fun. Its about playing jokes on family, friends. Sometimes they take it serious. Sometimes they dont. Ernie lets keep asking the question. Do you play jokes on people . Make a prank call to my wife or my coworkers, stuff like that. Ernie do you enjoy it . Sometimes. Ernie who do you do it to . My children, my wife. Ernie your children, your wife. Do they know youre going to play jokes . If they remember the date. Not really. I used when i was little. Not anymore. Ernie youre grown up now. Bad, right . Ernie no. You have to be playful. You have a good joke . Ernie im not going to tell you. I may surprise you. Maybe try a good joke today. I will. Ernie have a good time. Byebye. I need some new material. Go to facebook and let me know. 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Were like, you know the reaction from getting banned from the grove because of his homophobic comments. Do you think you still have the privilege to go there, have the rights to be there . Yeah. There could be a public risk if manny goes in. Gays would beat him up. The bears will take him down. The bears will take him down. Otters will be pretty good. Whats an otter . An otter is a lesser level of a bear. I thought an otter just laid