NYC delivery workers now make $19 an hour, but many say apps have made tipping harder
New York City’s food delivery workers will now receive a minimum of $19.56 an hour, as part of a 2021 law that establishes better base wages for the more than 65,000 drivers and cyclists delivering food to New Yorkers’ doorsteps.
Delivery workers celebrate outside City Hall marking the first annual increase in hourly pay rates under local law on April 1, 2024“It’s going to help us economically, help our families and help us pay rent,” said Antonio Solis, a delivery worker for five years. “And with inflation here in New York, everything is more expensive so it's important to have a higher salary for workers.”
“We depend on our app delivery workers to deliver our food 24/7,” Adams said during a press conference at City Hall. “You wake up in the middle of the night and you want something to munch on, you can call delivery workers. Many people don't realize when we legalized marijuana, people get the munchies. And so they will call any time of the day to get food delivered to them.”
“This is hard working money that goes to mothers, that goes to fathers, that goes to kids who live in our communities, who now can finally be able to have some additional income to be able to pay rent, to afford food and to live in our beautiful city,” said Ligia Guallpa, executive director of theBut she said the fight wasn’t over.
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