Setting the Record Straight: An Increase in New York’s Minimum Wage Will Help Those Who Need It

July 19, 2004. FPI has released three reports on this subject this year including estimates of the number of workers who would benefit from an increase for each of New York’s 62 counties. Recently, some critics have charged that an increase will fail to achieve the goal of alleviating poverty among the working poor. This issue of Fiscal Policy is being released to set the record straight. Report.

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July 19, 2004. FPI has released three reports on this subject this year including estimates of the number of workers who would benefit from an increase for each of New York’s 62 counties. Recently, some critics have charged that an increase will fail to achieve the goal of alleviating poverty among the working poor. This issue of Fiscal Policy is being released to set the record straight. Report.

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