Ny Minimum Wage 2024 Increase. The rapid closures of fast food joints come five months after california’s new $20 minimum wage increase was enacted. The wage will increase to $16 an hour in new york city and westchester, nassau and suffolk counties.

Beginning in 2024, new york state will raise minimum wage to $16 in new york city, long island, and westchester and $15 elsewhere in the state, followed by $0.50 annual increases in 2025 and 2026. As part of the fy 2024 budget, governor hochul secured an historic agreement to increase new york’s minimum wage through 2026 and index it to inflation beginning in 2027.