New York City Minimum Wage Workers Get Pay Raise
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - City workers didn't even have to wait until the new year for a planned increase in the minimum wage: It went up at midnight last night.
The new rate will be $15.00 an hour, rising from $13.00.
The new rate will apply to fast food workers and other businesses with at least 11 people.
The minimum wage on Long Island will climb to $12:00, up one dollar.
Today the minimum wage went up statewide, rising to $15 in New York City. Cheers to that! #NewYearsEve ???? pic.twitter.com/AZ6pINS5iI
— Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) December 31, 2018
The federal minimum wage remains at $7.25.
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