NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced Tuesday that he will push to have the city’s hourly minimum wage jump to $13 by next year — a steep increase from the $8.75 an hour that the city’s lowest-paid workers currently earn.
He also said a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to raise the minimum wage to $11.50 an hour doesn’t go far enough to help poor New Yorkers living in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.
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Cuomo’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the mayor’s proposal.
