The federal minimum wage currently sits at $7.25 an hour, as it has since 2009.
A new proposal in New York City wants to establish a minimum wage that’s more than four times that amount.
Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) reports that Brooklyn City Council Member Sandy Nurse put forward the “30 For Our City” bill with the intent of upping the Big Apple’s minimum wage to $30 an hour for large businesses by 2023, and $29 an hour by 2031 for smaller businesses. The city’s minimum wage increased to $1 in January…