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Government January 12, 2021

With ambitious agenda, Cuomo goes even harder left

By GREGORY ZELLER // Online sports betting, legalized marijuana and a “fight” against the federal government for overdue COVID-19 compensation – against what figures to be a relatively friendly Congress – highlight Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plans for 2021. In a typically shoot-for-the-moon State of the State address delivered Monday, the governor outlined an annual agenda overflowing with healthcare initiatives – including comprehensive telehealth legislation, the creation of the nation’s first “public health corps” and fair…

Economics December 5, 2019

Pay up, LI employers: Minimum wage is rising again

By GREGORY ZELLER // Going up? You bet – minimum wages on Long Island and around New York State are set to rise again. As part of a Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s phased-in master plan, which ultimately targets a statewide $15 minimum wage, Westchester-, Nassau- and Suffolk-based employers are required to pay a $13 hourly minimum as of Dec. 31, with the $15 minimum scheduled to arrive in 2021. In New York City, where the minimum…

News February 23, 2016

The Economic Justice Tour, Long Island, Feb. 23, 2016

The Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice rolled through Long Island on Tuesday. The Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury was one of the first three stops on the campaign’s “Drive for $15” bus tour, which hit the gas Tuesday morning in Manhattan and also rallied supporters at an afternoon stop in the Bronx. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using the tour to “restore economic justice,” according to his office, by energizing his push to…

Food Tech May 7, 2015

Cuomo orders minimum wage panel

Attention food startups: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered up a state wage board to study the food sector in New York and make recommendations on the minimum wage workers should be paid. Cuomo was rebuffed by lawmakers during the budget process on a proposal to raise the minimum wage for all workers to $11.50 in New York City and $10.50 in the rest of the state. His latest effort, which sidesteps legislators, relies on an…