In Support of Raising Minimum Wage to $21.25 and Eliminating Tipped Subminimum Wage in New York

Summary

On January 31, 2023, Yannet Lathrop testified before the New York State Department of Labor in support of raising New York’s minimum wage to $21.25 and eliminating the tipped subminimum wage. New York can and should make progress towards addressing the persistent and pernicious gender wage gap by adopting a higher minimum wage of $21.25 per hour by 2026, indexing this higher wage floor thereafter, and phasing out the subminimum tipped wage in the hospitality sector.