NY PML Sec 105 and NY PML Sec 109 is a thumb in the eye of people who believe in NY Const. Art. 1, Sec. 3. Sadly the Cardinal is not a believer in such secular trash?
Dolan and Bishops Urge Albany to Raise Minimum Wage
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: May 2, 2012
ALBANY — Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan and New York State’s bishops are calling on the Legislature to increase the minimum wage, adding an influential source of support to a proposal that has divided lawmakers along party lines.
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In a statement to be released on Thursday, Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New York, and the bishops express concern that “it is becoming increasingly difficult for the working poor of our state to make ends meet” and urge a “modest” increase in the minimum wage, now $7.25 an hour.
Referring to full-time employees who earn the minimum wage, the statement said, “Our sustained recession and painfully slow recovery have left many of these workers — often people of color and frequently the newest immigrants to our shores who therefore have the fewest support systems — on the brink of homelessness, with not enough in their paychecks to pay for the most basic of necessities, like food, medicine or clothing for their children.”
The statement, which was obtained by The New York Times in advance of its release, comes as Albany lawmakers continue to debate whether to increase the minimum wage. The proposal has emerged as the most divisive issue in the closing weeks of this year’s legislative session, which is scheduled to conclude next month.
The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, is seeking to raise the wage to $8.50, and he has made the minimum wage his top priority this year. The current wage is lower than that in 18 states and the District of Columbia.
But the Republican majority in the State Senate has insisted that raising the minimum wage would hurt the state’s business climate and therefore do more harm than good for poor New Yorkers.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democrat, has neither endorsed nor opposed Mr. Silver’s proposal. But in a radio interview on Wednesday, the governor seemed to edge closer to suggesting that a proposal like Mr. Silver’s should be passed this year.
“I’ve always supported the minimum-wage concept,” Mr. Cuomo said on the radio show, “The Capitol Pressroom.” “I think that, especially at a time like now, a minimum-wage increase would be in order. You can have discussion about how much, over what period of time, et cetera, but we are more at a philosophical debate right now between the Senate and the Assembly.”
In the Legislature, neither side has shown any sign of changing course.
The Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, a Long Island Republican, said he was focusing his attention on pushing a package of business-tax credits; he said Wednesday that the Senate would probably pass those credits in two weeks.
Asked about the minimum wage, Mr. Skelos shook his head and replied, “Nothing’s changed,” adding, “We think it’s a job killer, wrong time to do it, and that’s our position.”
The statement from Cardinal Dolan and the bishops urges the parties to compromise.
“It is our hope and our prayer that the two sides could come together for some sort of action to address the grave problems facing the lowest-wage earners in our state,” the statement said. “We believe an increase in the minimum wage is a matter of fairness and justice, and we hope it can be addressed soon.”
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