INCONSISTENT WITH THE NFL’S VALUES AND PRACTICES.
THE NFL OFFICES ARE PLACES
WHERE EMPLOYEES OF ALL GENDERS,
RACES AND BACKGROUNDS THRIVE
TRACK NEW YORKERS WHO MAKE
MINIMUM WAGE ARE SAID TO GET
THEIR FIRST PAY BUMP IN FIVE
YEARS.
TODAY, GOVERNOR HOCHUL PRAISED
THE STATES NEW SPENDING PLAN THAT WOULD INCREASE THE WAGE TO
$70 IN THE CITY AND THE
SUBURBS.
NBC 4 IS LIVE IN THE FLAT IRON
DISTRICT WITH NEW IN
INFORMATION. ANDREW?
>> Reporter: SOMETIMES WHEN THE
BUDGET IS A MONTH LATE, IT
TAKES A MINUTE FOR NEW YORKERS
TO REALIZE WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN
IT, AS INDICATED.
WHAT IS IN IT IS A HIGHER
MINIMUM MINIMUM WAGE, BUT
CRITICS ARE ALREADY SAYING THAT
THAT WILL NOT BE DOING ENOUGH TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY.
RAISING WAGES IS ALMOST ALWAYS
POLITICALLY POPULAR.
>> HOW ABOUT A PAY INCREASE FOR
ALL NEW YORKERS?
STARTING WITH RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR HOCHUL TELLING A CROWD OF SEVERAL
HUNDRED TODAY AT THE HOTEL
TRADE UNION HALL IN MIDTOWN
THAT FOR THE CITY, WESTCHESTER,
AND LONG ISLAND, WORKERS NOW
MAKING THE DOWNSTATE MINIMUM OF
$15 AN HOUR NEXT YEAR WILL MAKE
$16 AN HOUR.
IN 2025, $60.50, AND IN 2026, $17 AN HOUR.
WITH FURTHER INCREASES AHEAD.
WE SEE GOING FORWARD, WE GET TO
THE $70 AN HOUR, WE ARE GOING TO
INDEX IT TO INFLATION.
INFLATION GOES UP, YOUR
PAYCHECK GOES UP. >> WHAT DO WE WANT?
WHEN DO WE WANT IT? >> Reporter: PROTEST LIKE THIS
ONE AT THE RENT GUIDELINES
BOARD SHOW THAT WAGES ALONE CANNOT ERASE ECONOMIC ANXIETY.
RENT IS RISING, AND THE
GOVERNOR’S BUDGET DID NOT
DELIVER A PROMISED MOONSHOT OF
800,000 NEW UNITS BUT WE HAVE A
SEVERE HOUSING CRY CRISIS,
CATASTROPHE, WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO CALL IT.
IT IS SERIOUS.
>> Reporter: DIRECTOR FOR OPEN
NEW YORK PUSHING FOR MORE HOUSING.
>> BY FAILING TO NOT HOLD
HOUSING REFORM IN THE BUDGET,
OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE MOST
LIKELY LOCKED US INTO ANOTHER
YEAR OF THE STATUS QUO.
>> THERE IS NOWHERE TO LIVE.
WHAT GOOD IS $70 AN HOUR?
>> I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR IS
BOWING THERE WILL BE BETTER
NEWS ON THE HOUSING FRONT IN
THE MONTHS AHEAD. >> LET’S TAKE THE TIME.
THERE ARE THINGS I CAN DO BY
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
THERE IS A LOT ESTATE OWNED
PROPERTY THAT I AM LOOKING AT.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAID
ONE EXAMPLE ESTATE OWNED
PROPERTY THAT SHE IS LOOKING AT MIGHT BE A SUNNI CAMPUS.
THEY ARE ALREADY USING IT TO
BUILD SENIOR CENTERS ON SOME OF