This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. discusses a recent New York state court decision, Mayor of New York v. New York City Council, in which the court struck down a prevailing wage bill that was passed by the New York City Council last year. The legislation would have raised wages for building service workers in structures that received substantial government subsidies or where the city was a major tenant, requiring $10 an hour with benefits or $11.50 an hour without benefits. The court ruled that the prevailing wage law was pre-empted by the state minimum wage law, under which the current minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.