Governor raising minimum wage for NY state employees

Associated Press

NEW YORK

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined a throng of union workers and other supporters of a $15 minimum wage in lower Manhattan on Tuesday and formally announced he would be using his executive authority to make sure it went up for at least one group of workers – state employees.

Cuomo said New York would “lead by example” and establish a public-sector minimum wage. The increase will affect about 10,000 state workers, about 1,000 in New York City and the rest upstate. The workers in the city include office assistants, custodial workers and lifeguards.