Working Families Party Warms to Cuomo After Wage Move

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Will Bredderman

Could a higher wage for fast food workers lead to a working relationship between the Working Families Party and Gov. Andrew Cuomo?

The left-wing third party’s State Director Bill Lipton today told the Observer that Mr. Cuomo’s decision to convene the state wage board to consider setting a higher minimum pay rate for fast food workers—a central liberal initiative—had improved WFP’s opinion of the usually fiscally conservative Democrat. Asked at a union-backed rally outside the first hearing if the governor’s move had given him a better impression of the politician, famously compared to Machiavelli, Mr. Lipton answered in the affirmative.

“Yes. This is an important step in the right direction,” he told the Observer.



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