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Scott Stringer: “The controller sets prevailing wage.”

Featuring: Scott Stringer, Democratic | Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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New York City Retirees' Mayoral Candidate Interview with Scott Stringer

Published | Video Starts at 42:26

You actually have like a labor office or something that handles those personnel type labor issues. Well, not when I was control. I mean, we had a very robust prevailing wage unit because The controller sets prevailing wage. But we did something bigger than that. We actually used that part of the office to look at wage theft. You know, corporations, construction firms that were taking advantage of people, literally not paying them. (42:26–42:29)

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Asserts that the controller's office is responsible for setting the prevailing wage.

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