ISIS IS NOW CLAIMING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACK.
MOST OF THE VICTIMS WERE NOT
FROM TURKEY.
SOME WORKERS WILL HAVE LITTLE
MORE MONEY IN THEIR NEXT
PAYCHECK. THE MINIMUM WAGE WENT
UP ACROSS THE STATE ON NEW YEARS
EVE. NEWS 4'S ANGELA
CHRISTOFOROS TALKED WITH A LOCAL
RESTAURANT OWNER TO FIND OUT HOW
IT COULD IMPACT BUSINESS.
ANGELA.
CHRISTY THE MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP
FROM NINE DOLLARS AN HOUR TO
NINE 70 AN HOUR IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE LAW
GOVERNOR CUOMO SIGNED IN APRIL.
WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO
HAVE A LITTLE MORE MONEY IN
THEIR WALLETS - SOME LOCAL
BUSINESS OWNERS SAY IN THE LONG
RUN, THE INCREASE WILL HURT
THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
MAROTTO'S RESTAURANT ON DELAWARE
AVENUE SERVES LUNCH AND DINNER 7
DAYS A WEEK, AND DEPENDS ON
SEVERAL MINUMUM WAGE WORKERS TO
SERVE CUSTOMERS.
((TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS $7.50 AN
HOUR IT WENT TO $9 WHICH IS
UNBELIEVABLE INCREASE. AND THEN
TWO YEARS AGO ALSO THE
WAITRESSES SALARY WENT UP 50%.
I'VE GOT 7 WAITRESSES WE'VE GOT
7 DISHWASHERS IT'S JUST
UNBELIEVABLE.)) ON NEW YEAR'S
EVE THE MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP
ACROSS THE STATE. IN UPSTATE NEW
YORK, IT WENT UP FROM 9 DOLLARS
AN HOUR TO 9.70. RESTAURANT
OWNER MARK MAROTTO SAYS
EVERYTIME THE MINIMUM WAGE GOES
UP, HIS BUSINESS TAKES A HIT.
((SOMONES GOT TO TAKE A CUT IN
PAY SO IT'S THE RESTAURANT
OWNERS OR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS
THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A CUT IN
PAY WE'RE TALKING AFTER THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR $9.70 AN HOUR.
PER HOUR NOT PER DAY PER HOUR.
IT'S RIDICULOUS.)) THE 70 CENT
INCREASE IS JUST ONE PART OF
GOVERNOR CUOMO'S PHASE IN PLAN
TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THE MINMUM
WAGE TO 15 DOLLARS AN HOUR BY
2021. BUFFALO STATE ECONOMICS
PROFESSOR FRED FLOSS SAYS WHEN
IT COMES TO SMALL BUSINESSES,
THE WAGE INCREASE FOR 2017
SHOULDN'T MAKE A BIG IMPACT -
BUT THAT DEPENDS ON THE
BUSINESS.
((IT'S NOT GOING TO AMOUNT TO
THAT MUCH MONEY BECAUSE THERE
AREN'T HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE. THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT
FROM A PLACE THAT HAS 30 OR 40
FRANCHISES ACROSS NEW YORK
STATE.)) MAROTTO SAYS BECAUSE OF
THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE MEANS
HE'LL ALSO NEED TO INCREASE THE
PRICE OF HIS FOOD. BUT HE SAYS
EVEN WITH THOSE RAISES, BUSINESS
WILL STILL BE IMPACTED.
((IWHO'S GOING TO TAKE A CUT IN
PAY? THE GUY WHO WORKS 70 HOURS
A WEEK.))
FRED FLOSS SAYS 30 TO 40 PERCENT
OF ALL JOBS IN WESTERN NEW YORK
PAY BELOW $15 AN HOUR, BUT BY
2021 HE SAYS MOST JOBS WILL
PROBABLY PAY MORE. WE WON'T SEE
THE MINIMUM WAGE RAISE TO 15
DOLLARS AN HOUR HERE IN WESTERN
NEW YORK FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS.
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