It's the Brian Laira show on WNYC. Good Friday morning, everyone.

Did you hear that one of Mayor Mamdani's signature campaign promises has now been introduced as a bill in the city council.

It's the $30 minimum wage. Here's at that point candidate MAMDani talking about it in the WNYC,

Spectrum New York One mayoral debate in October. The reason that we put forward $30 by 2030 is that that's the minimum

that a New Yorker needs to be paid to be able to afford to live in this city. And what we

are looking at right now is the possibility of the place that we know and love, becoming a museum

of where working class people used to be able to live. Our proposal that we've put

forward would be phased in over a longer period of time for small business owners to ensure

that they could deal with this. And it's also one that we are confident we would be able to

accomplish because of the fact that we are seeing from New Yorkers time and time again,

the absence of it is pushing them to live in Jersey City, to live in

Pennsylvania, to live in Connecticut because they can't afford to live in New York City.

So Ron Maldani as candidate Moundani at the WNYC, New York One mayoral debate on October 22nd.

Now, Council member Sandy Nurse from Brooklyn is sponsoring the bill that would eventually

boost New York City's minimum wage, and he did say eventually there too, by 2030, $2.30 an hour.

For a little context, the minimum wage here is currently $17 an hour.

Some other cities, by comparison, Seattle, a little higher, at $21.30 an hour. Some other cities by comparison. Seattle, a little higher, at $21.30 an hour,

$19.29. I don't know how they arrive on such an odd number, but $19.29 in Denver. And again,

New York at just $17 an hour despite the cost of living here.

Opponents, of course, say it would kill jobs, not just make life more livable at the bottom

of the wage scale for people who have jobs. Councilmember Nurse represents the 37th District,

which covers Cypress Hills, Bushwick, City Line, Ocean Hill,

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