Bill > S02228

This bill authorizes local governments in New York to set minimum wage levels that are higher than the statewide minimum wage. It adds a new section 666 to the labor law that explicitly states that local municipalities can establish their own, more protective minimum wage standards within their geographic boundaries, overriding any preemptive state law provisions. The bill is intended to give local governments more flexibility to address their specific cost of living and economic circumstances when setting minimum wage requirements.