“Of all of the proposals in the governor’s speech, the $15 minimum wage is the one that would cause the most damage. As a small-business owner myself, I can safely report that there is no secret stash of money we’re withholding from our employees. We put everything into our business because that’s our piece of the American Dream. We work closely with our employees every day and come to know them as members of our family. Family-owned and small businesses continue to be chased from New York at the same speed we see larger corporations like GE leaving the state. Main Street deserves a chance to thrive. By imposing such a drastic minimum wage increase, the governor has proven he is not serious about New York being open for business.”