Comptroller Scott Stringer Urges Albany To Let NYC Set Own Minimum Wage
City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the city's minimum wage raised to $11 an hour. The state minimum wage is $8.
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City Comptroller Scott Stringer wants the city's minimum wage raised to $11 an hour. The state minimum wage is $8.
With the Super Bowl XLVIII just days away, you'd never know it from the New Jersey side of this two-part equation. Some lawmakers say the NFL hasn't endorsed any of its events, leaving New Jersey out of the spotlight and in the cold.
The Assembly and Senate plan to vote Monday to establish the joint bipartisan committee with power to subpoena people and correspondence related to the lane closings and abuse of power allegations.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is renewing a call for legislation that would allow student borrowers to refinance their federal student loans at lower interest rates.
Sen. Charles Schumer says new legislation proposed in the name of Avonte Oquendo would fund voluntary tracking devices for children who have autism.
A former New York Republican U.S. Senate candidate told federal investigators that conservative scholar and author Dinesh D'Souza lied to her about the source of donations made to her campaign, a prosecutor disclosed at an arraignment Friday.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in Washington Friday that a Republican Party that ignores the nation's Hispanics, and balks at immigration overhaul, does so at its political peril as Republicans pressured the House GOP to act this year.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is vowing to learn from mistakes made in response to this week's snowstorm. Several neighborhoods, including the Upper East Side, were not plowed effectively, snarling traffic.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo appear on a collision course when it comes to paying for universal pre-kindergarten. The mayor wants to tax the wealthy, but the governor says not so fast.
The subpoenas will force Christie's political arm to turn over such things as: emails, texts, phone messages, and records dealing with the decision to close access lanes from Fort Lee to the bridge in September – if they indeed exist.
In its first meeting, the new council approved a long list of extra pay to be doled out to members. The speaker gets $25,000 and the majority leader $20,000, while ten members get $15,000 apiece. Thirty four other members get $8,000 each.
The senator's measure would change the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was enacted in 1993, to give workers about two-thirds of their salaries for up to 12 weeks in a family crisis.
De Blasio also described President Barack Obama as a champion of the nation's cities.
High-profile Republicans and Cardinal Timothy Dolan are among those calling for Governor Andrew Cuomo to apologize for "divisive'' comments about "extreme conservatives.''
Two recent polls show a traffic jam scandal taking a toll on New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's popularity and national political ambitions.
