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Drive For $15 Recession

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The Drive for $15 is having consequences that were entirely predictable. During the last two years NYC raised the minimum wage for restaurant workers from $11 to $15.  Data show that, as a result, New York City experienced its sharpest decline in restaurant jobs in nearly 20 years.  Never before, outside of a recession, have job losses been like this.

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