New Yorkers will ring in the New Year with another bump in the minimum wage, as hourly pay rises to $17 across New York City, Westchester and Long Island on Jan. 1, while the rest of the state will see the minimum climb to $16 an hour, the New York Post reports.
Eighteen states around the country will also increase their minimum wages at the start of the New Year. Those bumps range from a minimal $10.85 hourly wage in Montana to a high of $17.13 in Washington.
New York’s latest 50-cent hike is the third straight annual increase under a long-term plan agreed to by Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers…