A number of clergy members as well as activists from Make the Road NY and other progressive groups have arrived at the Capitol to demonstrate in favor of an increase in the state’s minimum wage, an item that according to state leaders on both sides of the issue seems unlikely to be taken up in the waning days of this year’s session.
"Today, with 12,600 dues-paying members, MRNY is a unique amalgam of worker center, legal clinic, citizenship school, mutual aid society, policy shop, protest factory and church. Its four offices in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island are an egalitarian oasis for members, who gather there for conversation and classes..."
