Albany, NY –Tipped workers called on the Cuomo administration today to use a newly-announced Wage Board to eliminate New York’s tipped sub-minimum wage, which is currently just $5.00 per hour for food service workers like restaurant servers, and $5.65 per hour for other service workers such as tipped hotel workers. By issuing an order requiring employers to directly pay tipped workers the state’s full minimum wage, the Wage Board could significantly boost pay for an estimated 229,000 low-paid tipped workers in the state – 70 percent of whom are women – according to a recent report from the National Employment Law Project.