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  2. Fight for $15 - Wikipedia

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    When the New York State Wage Board announced that the minimum wage in New York City would be raised to $15 an hour by December 31, 2018, Patrick McGeehan argued in The New York Times that it was a direct consequence of the Fight for $15 protests, and that "the labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three ...

  3. 1973 New York City gravediggers' strike - Wikipedia

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    In 1973, approximately 1,700 gravediggers at 47 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area went on strike due to disagreements over the terms of a new labor contract. The strike, which initially only affected Cypress Hills Cemetery, began on April 12 and had spread to every cemetery whose workers were represented by the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union Local 365 by June 10.

  4. Congestion pricing in New York City - Wikipedia

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    This Pigovian tax, intended to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution, was first proposed in 2007 and included in the 2019 New York State government budget by the New York State Legislature. Tolls are collected electronically and vary depending on the time of day, type of vehicle, and whether a vehicle has an E-ZPass toll transponder.

  5. Trump celebrates his plan to end NYC's congestion pricing ...

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    In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the U.S. Department of Transportation said it rescinded a Nov. 21, 2024 agreement signed under the Value Pricing Pilot Program, or VPPP, that effectively ...

  6. New York City congestion program collected $48.6 million in ...

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    New York City collected $48.6 million in revenue from the first month of its congestion pricing program that the Trump administration has moved to kill, a transit agency said. The Metropolitan ...

  7. New York State Department of Labor - Wikipedia

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    Also in 1937, New York passed a minimum wage law protecting women and minors. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 set a national minimum wage standard and a forty hour work week, and in this same year, an amendment to the New York State Constitution established a "Bill of Rights" for working people. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board ...

  8. Lorena Gonzalez (California politician) - Wikipedia

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    Gonzalez advocated to raise the state's minimum wage to $15/hour, which passed and raised the wage by $1/year until it was fully implemented across the state in 2022. [31] She introduced AB 5 , which passed in September 2019 and would require many workers to be reclassified as employees instead of independent contractors, giving them minimum ...

  9. Political positions of Andrew Cuomo - Wikipedia

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    He was instrumental in getting a family leave policy passed in New York. [citation needed] He claimed in 2018 that New York's program was the best in the country. [10] [11] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo referred to the supposed success of his family leave policy and how effective he claimed it to be in fighting the virus. [citation needed]