Zohran Mamdani went from little-known Assembly member to decisive winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on a platform of affordability. Enacting a $30 minimum wage by the year 2030 was one of his many promises that resonated with hundreds of thousands of voters across the city. Now, riding this wave of public interest in making the city affordable for working-class New Yorkers, a group of city and state elected officials came together on Tuesday to launch a new “Living Wage for All Coalition,” focused on raising the minimum wage and eliminating the subminimum wage in New York.

“Thirty dollars is the bare minimum New York could be talking about in terms of what is needed,” Saru Jayaraman, president of One Fair Wage, a national advocacy organization, said at the launch.

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