A $30 Hourly Minimum for NYC?
A $30 Hourly Minimum for NYC?  
Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show
Published On: Fri Mar 13 2026
Description: Sandy Nurse, City Council member (D-37, Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East New York), talks about her proposal for legislation that would increase New York City's minimum wage from the current $17 per hour to $30 per hour by 2030. Photo: Lidia Vilorio, a home health aide, gives her patient Martina Negron her medicine and crackers for her tea on May 05, 2021 (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)