Wholesale Laundry Board of Trade, Inc. v. City of New York

This is a motion by plaintiffs for summary judgment upon the first cause of action or, in the alternative, for judgment declaring unconstitutional Local Law No. 45 of the Local Laws of the City of New York. The first cause of action seeks a judicial declaration that Local Law No. 45 of the year 1964, which fixes a minimum wage of $1.50’ per hour in New York City, is unconstitutional on various grounds.

In 1962, the City of New York adopted Local Law No. 59 of that year, which likewise fixed a minimum wage of $1.50 in New York City. At that time, section 652 of the Labor Law provided for a…