Jessica Ramos: “Even though I successfully fought and won an increase to the…”

“Even pre pandemic, we had already said the rent was too damn high. Well, I'm adding now that the wages are too damn low. Even though I successfully fought and won an increase to the minimum wage that is now going to be annual because I tied it to inflation, it's still not a living wage. It's still not able to help New Yorkers cover the bare minimum. And of course, no matter how hard you're working anyway, it doesn't seem like it's amounting to much.” (01:59–02:12)

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