$30 Hourly Minimum?; Friday Morning Politics; Albany Budget Negotiations in Full Swing; Friday the 13th & Other Superstitions

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 13
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On today's show:

  • Councilmember Sandy Nurse (D-37, Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, East New York), talks about the City Council bill she's sponsored calling for an increase of the minimum wage in NYC from the current $17 per hour to $30 per hour by 2030.
  • Burgess Everett, congressional bureau chief for Semafor, talks about the latest news out of Congress this week, including a bipartisan housing bill that passed the Senate, the president's push for the SAVE Act and more.
  • Each house in the New York State legislature released its budget proposal, and both called for raising taxes on wealthy New Yorkers. Jimmy Vielkind, New York State Issues reporter for WNYC, reports on how that will affect negotiations, since Governor Hochul is firmly against a tax hike, and other issues in the assembly's and senate's proposals.
  • On this Friday the 13th, listeners call in to share their superstitions, including ones that they don't really believe in but observe anyway.

 

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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