Thursday, May 3, 2012

New York's City Council passed a living wage ordinance

On Monday, New York's City Council passed a living wage ordinance, reports Good Jobs New York's Bettina Damiani. The 45-5 vote means the Council can easily override a threatened veto by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (New York Post, May 1, via Nexis subscription service).

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by Kenneth Thomas

"The rent is too damn high."

1 comment:

mike norman said...

I was very happy to hear about this and was planning to post, but you beat me to it, Tom.

As you know, I wrote about Mike Bloomberg's misguided decision to veto the bill. NY City Council had the common sense to override his veto.