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Paul Sonn Discusses Rigged EDC Study
WBAI Evening News
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October 28, 2010

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Andrea Sears of the WBAI Evening News interviews Paul Sonn of the National Employment Law Project (NELP) about the EDC's rigged living wage study. Sonn explains why the Charles River Associates firm would provide biased research and how this study would effectively delay passage of the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act.