NY board to weigh rules for workers who get tips

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York plans to hold public hearings on regulations governing service workers who get tips and have base pay lower than the state’s hourly minimum wage.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday directed labor officials to convene a Wage Board to recommend changes in light of statutory increases in the minimum pay for other workers to $8 this year, $8.75 next year and $9 in 2015.