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New Yorkers Discover Something Bad About Minimum Wage Hike

Hank Berrien
New Yorkers Discover Something Bad About Minimum Wage Hike
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When Democratic New York governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation in 2016 hiking the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by December 2019, he stated that the bill was to serve “the needs of workers and businesses alike.”

New York City businesses are discovering that Cuomo’s intent is bearing bitter fruit.

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