{"id":752,"date":"2012-04-11T16:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T16:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.council.nyc\/press\/?p=752"},"modified":"2016-12-12T16:29:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T16:29:04","slug":"statement-by-speaker-christine-c-quinn-re-completion-of-living-wage-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/04\/11\/752\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Speaker Christine C. Quinn Re: Completion of Living Wage Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have completed negotiations on the living wage bill. Based on the breadth and depth of New York City&#8217;s Economic Development program, this will be the most impactful living wage law in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This bill was based on a concept of fairness. Businesses that accept significant taxpayer dollars must pay a living wage.<\/p>\n<p>Because this bill was modified to only cover direct recipients of financial assistance, we believe it will lift wages without hampering job growth and economic development in New York City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>##<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We have completed negotiations on the living wage bill. Based on the breadth and depth of New York City&#8217;s Economic Development program, this will be the most impactful living wage law in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This bill was based on a concept of fairness. Businesses that accept significant taxpayer dollars must pay a living wage.<\/p>\n<p>Because this bill was modified to only cover direct recipients of financial assistance, we believe it will lift wages without hampering job growth and economic development in New York City.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2012\/04\/11\/752\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}