This might be a humor magazine, but I’ll be honest on my perspective out here in NJ.
That $30 minimum wage thing scares the living daylights out of me, especially with the congestion pricing still in effect. Raising the minimum wage in the City that far will make the already ridiculous costs in NYC skyrocket. It’s going to make it functionally impossible for average people who work outside NYC to regularly go in and do things. You know that business owners aren’t going to eat the loss of profits, the prices will just go up to match. Rents will go up, costs will go up. I do respect the idea of trying to get to a living wage. I’d love to see a viable plan, but the best way to do it is to keep all costs down, not massively increase labor costs.
I think the bus idea is a better use of tax money than 90% of what NYC has right now, as long as the funds are focused on maintaining vehicles and paying drivers who perform well, rather than lining some suit’s bank account. I don’t know if that’s going to be possible, but hey, the worst that happens is they try it, it fails, and the buses go back to being fare-based.
It’s that wage idea that’s going to really, really suck.
He’s not going to get $30 minimum wage. He’s starting high so he can negotiate to a middle ground. He’s not going to be King of NYC. He’s doesn’t just get what he wants that easily.
Fair enough. He beat the party establishment. If he wins the general, he’ll still have to deal with the City establishment. Still, increases in NYC’s minimum wage do typically end up hurting those of us stuck in the orbit. So like I said, I’m scared. All I can do is brace for the impact, and hope that the increase in costs don’t give NJ business owners ideas about how much more profit they can gouge because of the NYC cost for goods and/or services. Note that I don’t actually have high hopes on that. If there’s a chance they can make more profit, most places won’t risk leaving money on the table. They’ll raise the prices, and then lower them partway later on so they’re still increased but it feels like a discount.
This might be a humor magazine, but I’ll be honest on my perspective out here in NJ.
That $30 minimum wage thing scares the living daylights out of me, especially with the congestion pricing still in effect. Raising the minimum wage in the City that far will make the already ridiculous costs in NYC skyrocket. It’s going to make it functionally impossible for average people who work outside NYC to regularly go in and do things. You know that business owners aren’t going to eat the loss of profits, the prices will just go up to match. Rents will go up, costs will go up. I do respect the idea of trying to get to a living wage. I’d love to see a viable plan, but the best way to do it is to keep all costs down, not massively increase labor costs.
I think the bus idea is a better use of tax money than 90% of what NYC has right now, as long as the funds are focused on maintaining vehicles and paying drivers who perform well, rather than lining some suit’s bank account. I don’t know if that’s going to be possible, but hey, the worst that happens is they try it, it fails, and the buses go back to being fare-based.
It’s that wage idea that’s going to really, really suck.
He’s not going to get $30 minimum wage. He’s starting high so he can negotiate to a middle ground. He’s not going to be King of NYC. He’s doesn’t just get what he wants that easily.
Fair enough. He beat the party establishment. If he wins the general, he’ll still have to deal with the City establishment. Still, increases in NYC’s minimum wage do typically end up hurting those of us stuck in the orbit. So like I said, I’m scared. All I can do is brace for the impact, and hope that the increase in costs don’t give NJ business owners ideas about how much more profit they can gouge because of the NYC cost for goods and/or services. Note that I don’t actually have high hopes on that. If there’s a chance they can make more profit, most places won’t risk leaving money on the table. They’ll raise the prices, and then lower them partway later on so they’re still increased but it feels like a discount.