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According to a 2023 Cornell living wage study, roughly 19,000, or about 40%, of Tompkins County workers earn less than the living wage, with two of five women and three of five black workers in the county not receiving enough funds to account for sky-high food, travel, childcare and rent prices.

On Tuesday, August 6, the Tompkins County Board of Legislators will vote on a resolution to introduce legislation that would gradually raise the local minimum wage, an effort supported by more than a dozen elected officials in the area, including Ithaca Mayor Robert Cantelmo and the Raise Up NY coalition – including over 300 labor unions and community groups organized by workforce development and environmental action group ALIGN.

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