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Cuomo Envoy Peppered

On Minimum Wage Hike

Rebecca Lloyd, Oneonta Block vice president, said raising the minimum wage in New York and not Pennsylvania puts in-state businesses at a disadvantage. At right is her brother, Bob Harlem, company president. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Rebecca Lloyd, Oneonta Block vice president, said raising the minimum wage in New York and not Pennsylvania puts in-state businesses at a disadvantage. At right is her brother, Bob Harlem, company president. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com

Why did the state exempt itself on minimum-wage hike, county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, asks.
Why did the state exempt itself on minimum-wage hike, county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, asks.

ONEONTA – Businesspeople and elected officials peppered state Veterans Affairs Director Eric Hesse with critical questions about the prospective minimum-wage hike and other issues contained in the 2016-17 state budget when he appeared here this morning on Governor Cuomo’s behalf.

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“Why has the state exempted state workers?” asked county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to approving murmurs from a crowd of about 100 in the upstairs theater at Foothills Performing Arts Center.    (She didn’t get an answer.)

As has been Cuomo’s practice in recent years, Hesse is one of a number of ranking administration officials sent fanning across the state after budget approval to deliver the governor’s talking points in person.  The state budget was approved March 31, on time for the sixth year in a row.

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