Jessica Ramos: “I was the last person to raise the minimum wage and index it…”

“It was a fund for people who were excluded from unemployment insurance, and we helped a lot of people be able to keep up with rent and the like. And the fact that I was able to. I was the last person to raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation for the first time in the history of our state. It is not a number that I like. It is not, you know, I think, high enough to be able to, to provide a living wage.” (20:42–20:50)

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