Posted on May 20, 2015 by Chris Sommerfeldt and Jennifer Fermino in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Chris Sommerfeldt and Jennifer Fermino Fast food workers rallied around the state of New York on Wednesday to push for an increase in the minimum wage in their industry to $15 an hour. In New York City, dozens of workers and their allies — including Controller Scott Stringer and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul — held a rally outside the New York State Department of Labor on Varick St. in Manhattan.