Posted on September 10, 2015 by Freeman Klopott in Bloomberg Bloomberg, By Freeman Klopott Governor Andrew Cuomo set New York on a path to become the first state to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 per hour. The governor announced Thursday at a joint appearance with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden that his labor commissioner had approved a recommendation that the wage floor be raised to $15 by 2018 in New York City. It would rise by 2021 in the rest of the state. The change will apply to more than 150,000 workers at large chain restaurants, Cuomo said.
