Silver: Yes On Faster Minimum Wage Phase-In, No To Education Tax Credit

Nick Reisman

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is still holding out hope for a faster increase in the state’s minimum wage, but he shot down the education-tax credit that’s being pushed by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Silver outlined his end-of-session priorities on Wednesday, telling reporters that he would be open to taking up anti-heroin legislation that has passed the state Senate as well as a push to increase the number of family court judges in the state.

“I think heroin is becoming a big problem in this state and we have to address that,” Silver said. “I would like to come to an agreement on new family court judges. That’s something we desperately we need and we have the money in the budget to do it.”

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