LIU ON CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE
New York City Comptroller John C. Liu stated the following on the signing of AB 10, which will increase California's minimum wage to $10.00 per hour:
"We applaud California's leaders for reaching an agreement to raise their state's minimum wage to $10.00 per hour. As pay continues to lag behind the cost of living and corporate profits, increases in state and local minimum wages are an ever more important way to help struggling families make ends meet. In New York City — the nation's most expensive major city — we continue to call for a minimum wage of $11.50 per hour, which would lift roughly 200,000 New Yorkers out of poverty and put $2.4 billion into the pockets of workers who need it most. We look forward to continuing to work with our colleagues in Albany to realize these changes in the weeks and months to come."
Background
Liu's minimum wage report – July 24, 2013: http://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/liu-state-minimum-wage-hike-could-harm-low-wage-workers-in-new-york-city/
Liu statement on New York State minimum wage legislation – March 19, 2013: http://comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2013_releases/pr13-03-042.shtm
Liu applauds President Obama's federal minimum wage proposal – February 13, 2013: http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2013_releases/pr13-02-030.shtm
Liu applauds Governor Cuomo's minimum wage proposal – January 9, 2013: http://www.comptroller.nyc.gov/press/2013_releases/pr13-01-005.shtm
Liu proposes an $11.50 per hour minimum wage during his State of the City address – December 20, 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeZIUGDaSzA&feature=youtu.be
Liu's income inequality in NYC report – May 21, 2012: http://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/liu-report-nycs-income-gap-twice-the-national-average/