About 18 months ago, on his way out the door, then-Gov. David Paterson bowed to lobbying pressure from Con Edison and business groups and vetoed a bill that would have required gas and electric companies to pay prevailing wages to contractors who perform janitorial and security services.
Many of the 2,000 workers at issue made around $7.75 an hour, 50 cents above minimum wage. The bill would have upped them to the regional prevailing wage for those jobs — as low as $8.55 upstate plus benefits. The Legislature said yes — that workers at monopoly utilities should earn a regionally appropriate wage and help grow the economy; the lobbyists and the governor said no.
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Dave Paterson a pathetic man who got everything in life -- every job because of his very successful well connected father Basil which is also how Dave avoided jail for committing perjury and silencing a witness of spousal abuse by his best friend Dave Johnson 6 foot 9 who later did plead guilty.
The only honest folks with integrity resigned from Paterson's staff.
Dave get Johnson on as long as possible -- with the help of Andrew Cuomo and political fixer judge Judy Kaye (in my opinion a corrupt judge who happen to marry Christine Quinn talk about political fixing!) Paterson got out of jail and got jobs at NYU, WOR and a seat on the MTA board.
Do you wonder why violence towards women is up in NYC and Black Leaders in NYC decided to back Paterson to remain rather than resign. I am a Jew and I call for Bloomberg to resign every day.
