Governor Adndrew Cuomo has vowed to not allow any salary increases for state legislators unless the minimum wage issue is addressed. The initiative which is tied into a decriminalization of marijuana proposal is an attempt by Cuomo to mitigate the problems in communities through the state but most notably New York City. Please click below read more.
ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo has a message for state legislators: You want a pay raise? First, take care of the little people.
Though lawmakers have been clamoring for their first hike since 1999, Cuomo vowed Tuesday to block any salary increase until “the people’s agenda” is resolved.
“I would not even consider — even consider a pay raise — unless the people’s business was being done in a thorough, responsible way,” Cuomo told reporters.
Included in that agenda, he said, are a minimum wage hike and Cuomo’s proposal to decrminalize small-scale marijuana possession.
