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January 2016

Minimum wage in New York State

Assistant director Namiko Mukumoto and senior researcher Seth Benjamin attended a breakfast forum at the Manhattan Institute to hear a spirited discussion of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s push in the New York State legislature for a $15 minimum wage. The former director of the Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the president of the Albany-based Empire Center for Public Policy, E. J. McMahon, and the chief executive officer of America Works, Lee Bowes, presented their views on the subject. Starting off the conversation, E. J. McMahon explained that the federal minimum wage law set a floor on top of which the states could always create their own higher rate. He… Read More »Minimum wage in New York State