Likely within days, New Yorkers will find out whether the minimum wage is going up.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to enact a $15 wage is one of several issues to be decided as the Democratic governor and state lawmakers seek to work out a state budget deal before an April 1 deadline.
Other items include funding for roads and bridges and competing tax plans from the Assembly and Senate. The Democratic-led Assembly wants to raise taxes on millionaires while cutting them for other tax payers; the Republican-controlled Senate is pushing a much bigger middle class tax plan.
The budget is expected to contain a plan for allowing workers to take paid time off to care for a sick relative or new child. Ethics reform, however, won't be included.
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