title: New York's political leaders reach deal on 2016-17 state budget
text: NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state’s governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders announced late on Thursday an agreement on a 2016-17 state budget that includes a plan to increase minimum wage toward $15  per hour and introduce paid family leave. “I believe that this is the best plan the state has produced in decades,” Cuomo told a news conference in state capital Albany late on Thursday 