Press release from Assemblyman Steve Hawley's office:
“Barring the extreme disregard for transparency, integrity and inclusiveness in this year’s budget process, the legislation we passed over the last two days in Albany will wreak havoc on our small businesses and agriculture industry," Hawley said.
The budget includes virtually no tax and regulatory reform for small businesses, and a minimum wage increase to $12.50 per hour Upstate with an escalation to $15 in the future, which will destroy New York’s already-ailing business community. Upstate cannot afford such a drastic increase, and the burden will fall on the middle-class in the form of higher prices and vanishing job opportunities.
Further damaging to our small business community will be the 12 week paid-family leave program, entirely funded by already over-burdened taxpayers. This is another example of New York City liberals expanding government and reaching into the pockets of our business owners and residents. While paid-family leave has good intentions, it will be ripe with abuse and cause labor costs to skyrocket. We cannot afford another expensive Albany mandate.
As the former owner and operator of our family-owned farm, I know what it takes to grow New York’s agriculture industry. Unfortunately, this budget cuts agriculture local assistance by over $160,000 and offers little relief for farms transitioning to a higher minimum wage. Agriculture is one of New York’s premiere industries, and I will do what I can to rectify these abhorrent policies.”
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The ball was in the GOP
The ball was in the GOP Senators' court and the double-dribbled.
I haven't seen the voting summary yet, but I do know that ALL the GOP Senators voted YEA for increasing the minimum wage! They all are a bunch of lying, deceiving two-faced SOBs... I hope the voters get revenge in November.
http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2016/04/sen_defrancisco_why_the…
Brian.You wrote, "I hope the
Brian.You wrote, "I hope the voters get revenge in November"
I'm assuming you meant all the voters that could still afford gas money to get to the polling place.
so the government can pass
so the government can pass laws and then garnish my wages to subsidize the law. sounds criminal to me. I don't want anything to do with a family leave act but I will still have to pay for it. minimum wage workers get a raise and I get a pay cut. in just a few years, after working 40 years, I will be making minimum wage. holy chit there is no longer a ladder to climb folks. I thought I was doing ok until I got knocked off, now i'm on the bottom again and don't have what it takes to climb anymore.
while trying to look on the
while trying to look on the bright side I came up with jobs. that's right another arm of government jobs with all the benefits including pension to administer the family leave program. nice. do you think these jobs will start with the new minimum wage?