Cuomo makes prevailing wage pitch in proposed 2021 budget

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has revived efforts to require union-level wages on certain publicly funded projects. Under the governor’s proposal — which was included in the state’s proposed 2021 budget — owners would pay construction workers prevailing wages on projects where public funds are covering at least 30 percent of overall construction costs and such costs exceed $5 million. As with the version of the bill proposed by last year, the measure includes a carveout for

source https://therealdeal.com/2020/01/22/cuomo-makes-prevailing-wage-pitch-in-proposed-2021-budget/