Assemblyman On Minimum Wage Hike Bill: 'A Nice Little Press Release'
Assembly Republicans are expressing their dissaproval with Speaker Sheldon Silver's legislation that will increase the minimum wage to $9 an hour at a hearing this afternoon.
Assemblyman Al Graf just got finished noting that this specific bill has no sponsor in the Senate and that it is basically a one-house bill. "All this amounts to is a nice little press release," Graf said. Democratic Keith Wright is the bill's sponsor in the Assembly.
Silver decided to bring the wage increase to a vote today as negotiations over a minimum wage increase continue between the Senate, Governor and Assembly.
Senate Republicans have acknowledged an increase is likely but they want to pair it with tax cuts.
Meanwhile, the breakaway Independent Senate Democrats support a wage hike as well.
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