assembly Bill A2204A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the minimum wage annually; repealer

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 06, 2023 print number 2204a
Feb 06, 2023 amend and recommit to labor
Jan 24, 2023 referred to labor

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A2204 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1978
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §652, rpld §652 sub 6, ren §665 to be §669, add §665, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9085
2021-2022: S3062

A2204 - Summary

Increases the minimum wage annually; provides for the enforcement of the minimum wage; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

A2204 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2204
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, BRONSON, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, COLTON, GIBBS,
   L. ROSENTHAL, DICKENS, ARDILA, BORES, EPSTEIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES,
   MAMDANI, RAGA, SHRESTHA, REYES, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Labor
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to raising the minimum wage
   annually by a percentage which is based on inflation and providing for
   the enforcement of such minimum wage; and to repeal subdivision  6  of
   section 652 of the labor law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "raise  the
 wage act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings. As New Yorkers struggle with the rapidly
 rising cost of living, their paychecks are not  keeping  up.  The  state
 minimum  wage  has  been flat at $15 in New York city since 2019. In the
 New York city suburbs it is also stalled at $15 and  under  current  law
 will not increase further. And in the rest of the state, years after the
 legislature  last  acted to raise the minimum wage it is still gradually
 inching up to $15, but will not increase further until  the  legislature
 acts.
   At  the  same  time, record inflation is causing the real value of the
 minimum wage to plummet across the state as consumers struggle with  the
 rapidly  rising  cost  of  necessities.  In New York city, its value has
 already fallen more than 15%, and is projected to fall a further 15%  by
 2027, or even more if consumer price inflation does not moderate in 2023
 and  2024 as expected. This steep decline in the minimum wage is revers-
 ing the historic reductions in poverty and earnings inequality that  the
 state  achieved  with  the  $15  minimum  wage.  And even once inflation
 returns to more typical levels, workers will continue to lose real wages
 as long as our minimum wage remains stagnant.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04134-01-3
 A. 2204                             2

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A2204A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1978
Current Committee:
Assembly Labor
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §652, rpld §652 sub 6, ren §665 to be §669, add §665, Lab L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S9085
2021-2022: S3062

A2204A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the minimum wage annually; provides for the enforcement of the minimum wage; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

A2204A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2204--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER, BRONSON, DINOWITZ, HEVESI, COLTON, GIBBS,
   L. ROSENTHAL, DICKENS, ARDILA, BORES, EPSTEIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES,
   MAMDANI,  RAGA,  SHRESTHA,  REYES,  SIMON, DARLING, THIELE, SEAWRIGHT,
   BURGOS, CRUZ, GLICK, STECK, ALVAREZ, LUNSFORD, BENEDETTO -- read  once
   and  referred  to the Committee on Labor -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to raising the minimum wage
   annually by a percentage which is based on inflation and providing for
   the enforcement of such minimum wage; and to repeal subdivision  6  of
   section 652 of the labor law relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "raise  the
 wage act".
   §  2.  Legislative  findings. As New Yorkers struggle with the rapidly
 rising cost of living, their paychecks are not  keeping  up.  The  state
 minimum  wage  has  been flat at $15 in New York city since 2019. In the
 New York city suburbs it is also stalled at $15 and  under  current  law
 will not increase further. And in the rest of the state, years after the
 legislature  last  acted to raise the minimum wage it is still gradually
 inching up to $15, but will not increase further until  the  legislature
 acts.
   At  the  same  time, record inflation is causing the real value of the
 minimum wage to plummet across the state as consumers struggle with  the
 rapidly  rising  cost  of  necessities.  In New York city, its value has
 already fallen more than 15%, and is projected to fall a further 15%  by
 2027, or even more if consumer price inflation does not moderate in 2023
 and  2024 as expected. This steep decline in the minimum wage is revers-
 ing the historic reductions in poverty and earnings inequality that  the
 state  achieved  with  the  $15  minimum  wage.  And even once inflation

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04134-03-3