S01978

‘Raise the Wage Act’

Seeks to increase the minimum wage by 2027 to $20 an hour outside of the New York City metro area and $21.25 an hour for the downstate metro area.

Find the bill's full text and more information here.

Reporter's Note

Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed “indexing” the minimum wage to the rate of inflation. Progressive and pro-labor Democrats want to first increase the minimum wage to “catch up” for years of the rate not being linked to inflation.

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This bill is in committee. This means the bill will move through one or more committees specializing in different topics, for example the environment or the state budget. Most revisions and debate happen in committees. This stage is also where many bills die.

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