Volunteer Pat Hunziker of Delmar, N.Y., loads food items for a client at the Emmanuel Baptist Church food pantry on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in Albany, N.Y. Advocates for the working poor

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Volunteer Pat Hunziker of Delmar, N.Y., loads food items for a client at the Emmanuel Baptist Church food pantry on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, in Albany, N.Y. Advocates for the working poor and under-nourished are urging New York's government leaders to raise the minimum wage during a possible special session of the Legislature that could include a salary boost for lawmakers and top government administrators.The groups used their annual Thanksgiving appeal for aid for hungry New Yorkers to push for the wage initiative during a march and rally held in downtown Albany. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) less