Andrew Cuomo, the front-runner for the Democratic Party’s nomination for mayor of New York City, will on Wednesday promise to raise the city’s minimum wage to $20 an hour if he’s elected, putting the wages among the highest in the nation.

The former governor often touts the state’s minimum wage as one of his greatest achievements while in Albany, pointing out that New York was the “first state to pass the highest minimum wage in the United States,” reports The New York Times.

“New York City needs to be a place where working families can afford to live and thrive, and right now that’s out of reach for far too many in what is supposed to be the greatest city in the world,” Cuomo said in a statement.

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