Bishop Hubbard supports hike in minimum wage

Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard told a panel of Senate Democrats that the growing gap between rich and poor runs the risk of undoing decades of social justice gains.

"We are currently witnessing a massive transfer of wealth from a once-vast working middle class to very few rich," said Hubbard, speaking in his role as co-chair of the New York Labor-Religion Coalition.

The bishop joined other progressive faith leaders as the first set of witnesses at a forum Wednesday for supporters of a state minimum wage hike.

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