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During the joint budget hearing on Human Services, Assemblyman Andy Goodell (R,C,I- Chautauqua) and Department of Labor Commissioner Peter Rivera discussed the minimum wage increase included in Gov. Cuomo's 2013 Executive Budget Proposal.
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