Last summer, Governor Andrew Cuomo put into motion an executive order that would raise the minimum wage in New York from $8.75 an hour to $15, prompting cries of victory from the sector of fast food workers but not so much from the opposite end - and now, restaurant owners are fighting the motion back.
Cuomo's move was seen as controversial not only because of the very fact of raising the minimum wage of New York, but also because he bypassed the state's legislature to push this move, which will fully come into action in 2017, prompting claims of ignoring the state's doctrine of separation of powers.
According to WGRZ, that's the claim that interest group National Restaurant Association is making against the minimum wage New York executive order, filing a complaint of 26 pages against Cuomo on the state's Industrial Board of Appeals, asking the panel to put the order in the trash bin.
"Without proper representation and input from the affected industry, a wage board cannot fairly and adequately evaluate the costs, benefits, and consequences of the action it is considering," wrote the association on its appeal to Cuomo's minimum wage New York executive order from earlier this year, according to Daily Signal.
The only reason Cuomo was able to push through his minimum wage New York bid earlier this year was due to the fact that it only pertained one particular industry, the restaurant one; however, to pursue a bigger change that would change wages all over the state for all industries, he'd need legislative support.
CBS News reports that this retort to the minimum wage New York move has prompted a lot of interest throughout the country, as fast food workers in the U.S. (on 18 different states) have started creating "wage boards" set to pressure elected officials to raise the minimum wage, as the national outcry calls for a $15 an hour payday.
