Kathy Hochul announces historic minimum wage increase in New York

The minimum wage will increase statewide starting next year and Governor Kathy Hochul is one of the architects of that change.

From a visit Saturday to a Brooklyn church, the governor said that starting January 1, no full-time worker should be below the poverty line.

Thus, minimum wage workers in the city and Long Island will see their wages increase to $16 per hour.

That’s an increase of one dollar from your current salary.

Workers in the rest of the state will see an increase of 80 cents, from $14.20 to $15 per hour.

This measure comes after the city recently approved a minimum wage of $17.96 for food delivery workers.