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Fair enough. He beat the party establishment. If he wins the general, he'll still have to deal with the City establishment. Still, increases in NYC's minimum wage do typically end up hurting those of us stuck in the orbit. So like I said, I'm scared. All I can do is brace for the impact, and hope that the increase in costs don't give NJ business owners ideas about how much more profit they can gouge because of the NYC cost for goods and/or services. Note that I don't actually have high hopes on that. If there's a chance they can make more profit, most places won't risk leaving money on the table. They'll raise the prices, and then lower them partway later on so they're still increased but it feels like a discount.