Higher NYS Minimum Wage May Spur Spending, Job Creation miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Raising New York state’s minimum hourly wage to $21.25, as proposed in the NYS Raise the Wage Act currently before the state Legislature, would help nearly two-thirds of workers earn a living wage, according to data from the Cornell ILR Wage Atlas.
In a recent national study, the City of Ithaca has emerged as a focal point for “worker misery,” grappling with low wages, sluggish job growth, and alarmingly high-income inequality. The
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The Tompkins County Workers Center announced the updated living wage for Tompkins County during a press conference at the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Hall (701 W. State/MLK St., Ithaca) on