New York City Council members propose a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage

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The min is hitting the max.

Lefty New York City Council members proposed a record-breaking $30-per-hour minimum wage bill Tuesday – a measure that could nearly double the Big Apple’s current baseline pay of $17.

The proposed pay increases in the bill would unfold in gradual increments by 2030 for large employers and 2031 for smaller businesses.

Employers with upward of 500 employees would lift worker salaries to $20 an hour by 2027, with steady increases every year to 2030, when it’ll end at $30 per hour, if the bill is passed.

Smaller employers with fewer than 500 workers would pay $29 an hour by 2031.

The change would affect upward of 1 million workers in New York City currently make minimum wage and struggle to make ends meet.

The bill – first reported by Gothamist – was introduced by Councilwoman Sandy Nurse (D-Brooklyn) and echoes one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s campaign promises.

Despite the similarities, the socialist mayor declined to explicitly support the budding legislation – and its passage through a City Council led by Speaker Julie Menin, a moderate Democrat, remains uncertain.

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