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Wage Campaigns
Living Wage NYC
Kingsbridge Armory
Redevelopment Alliance
Queens Center Mall
Campaign
Retail Action Project
A Higher Minimum Wage in New York (1/27/12)
By RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum
$7.25 per hour has been the minimum wage in New York since 2004. Over the past eight years, low-wage workers across the state have seen their cost of living increase and the price of basic necessities like food and shelter jump. However, wages have stagnated, making basic survival more difficult. Our state's minimum wage is one of the lowest in the country, yet this is one of most expensive places to live.