date:Apr 07, 2013
to $9 an hour by the end of 2015.
But even with that hike, New York's minimum wage would remain below the roughly $11 hourly pay needed to lift a family of four above the poverty line.
Anywhere where the cost of living is very, very high, $9 is not enough. Everyone should be able to make a living wage, said Barrera, who is paid the current minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.