Cuomo says he'll raise NYC's minimum wage to $20 an hour if elected mayor

Democratic New York City mayoral candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that, if elected, he would seek to raise the city's minimum wage to $20 an hour by 2027.

"The businesspeople are going to say, 'Oh, no, you can't raise the minimum wage, because that's going to slow the economy," Cuomo said at a campaign rally, addressing prospective critics of such a plan. 

"Baloney – not to use another word.

FORMER NY GOV CUOMO HOLDS DOUBLE-DIGIT LEAD IN NYC MAYORAL RACE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

"Their pundits are going say, 'Oh, it's going be too hard to get it passed politically. The politicians are going to be afraid to get it passed," the Read Entire Article