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New year, new laws in New York: What they are and how they affect you

by Dec 31, 2015
Highlights: the minimum wage rises to $9 per hour ($9.75 for fast food workers); the business income tax rate drops, a small business income tax credit expands, property tax exemptions for veterans can be increased by towns, breastfeeding mothers have the 'right to pump' at work, and seven of the eight items in the state's "women's equality agenda" take effect.