A report released last week by the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy said Cuomo’s plan would cost the state up to 588,800 jobs, including up to 273,800 in the city. Read More
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo quietly created the new pot back in 2013 by inserting it into a budget bill. State lawmakers approved it. Each year since then the pot has grown, so that now Cuomo and legislative leaders have given themselves the authority to borrow up to $1.1 billion for yet-to-be-named projects. Read More
All the checks dilute the intent of trying to lower people’s tax bills, said E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank in Albany. Read More
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour could cost the state nearly 200,000 jobs, a new report by The Empire Center argues. Researchers also said that number could be on the conservative end. Read More
A new report by an Albany think tank estimates that the state would lose between 200,000 and nearly 500,000 jobs if it raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Read More
Patrick Pipino says he worries about the future of his Saratoga Springs Ben & Jerry’s franchise if the state’s minimum wage goes up to $15 per hour. But he also worries about how young people like those he hires to scoop premium ice cream Read More
Two conservative groups condemned Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for a $15 an hour minimum wage Thursday, saying a raise would cost an estimate 432,500 jobs in New York. Read More
For the Scavio family, the owners of Paesan's Pizza in the Capital Region, it's impossible to absorb a $15 an hour minimum wage increase. Read More