NY restaurants file formal objections to $15 fast-food wage

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Franchise owners have filed formal objections to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to raise the minimum wage of fast-food workers to $15, a prelude to a possible lawsuit.
The increase was endorsed by a state Wage Board last month and will be phased in beginning at the end of the year. It now awaits formal approval by Cuomo’s labor commissioner.
In a letter opposing the hike, a lawyer for the National Restaurant Association argues the increase unfairly applies to only