Political Potpourri: Colton Says, ‘Raise Minimum Wage!’
By Paula Katinas
Assemblyman William Colton, who represents Bensonhurst/Gravesend, called on New York State to raise the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour. Colton is a sponsor of a bill to increase the minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.50 per hour starting in January 2013. The bill also calls for the minimum wage to be increased periodically in the future and for the increase to be tied to the rate of inflation.
“No one who works full time should be poor and without hope. We need to reward work and restore a sense of fairness. New York’s working families are seeing a decline in their purchasing power and the question is no longer whether they can live on a minimum wage, it’s whether they can survive on the minimum wage,” Colton said.