New York City app-based food delivery workers will be paid at least $19.96 per hour by 2025 under a new minimum-wage law, the city labor and consumer agency proposed Tuesday — down from the than $23.82 it sought in November.
In a second go at a rulemaking review, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) looks to start at $17.96 an hour beginning this year, rising to $19.96 by 2025, plus an adjustment for inflation.
The agency said the rule rewrite is needed to account for the fact that many workers deliver for more than one app at the same time, known as “multi-apping.”
But workers, advocates and elected officials, including city Comptroller Brad Lander — who as a City Council member introduced the bill to establish the pay standards — accused the city of bending to the companies’ will.
“It’s a slap in the face to all of us who break our backs toiling in the city’s streets, day after day,” Astoria worker Toño Solís, who delivers for Doordash, said in Spanish. “It’s a farce: The city already heard comments, they did the math, they heard from everybody, they published their report. We need these standards now, without further delay.”
DCPW generated the initial $23.82 figure based on an analysis detailed in a report required under the law. That figure included $1.70 an hour for worker’s compensation and $2.26 an hour for expenses, and aimed to match existing minimum pay standards for the city’s ride-hail drivers working for services such as Uber and Lyft.
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