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Delivering Fair Pay to New York

City’s Delivery Workers

Delivery workers who work for UberEATS, DoorDash, and Grubhub will now receive at least

$19.56 per hour before tips. This is fair pay for a fair day’s work. This means that more than

60,000 of the hardest-working New Yorkers out there will have their wages boosted

ERIC ADAMS

ince day one, our administration
has had a clear mission, protect
Spublic safety, rebuild our econ-
omy, and make our city more livable
for hard-working New Yorkers.
Every day, we are delivering on
that vision. We’ve recovered all the
private-sector jobs lost during the
pandemic, one year ahead of sched-
ule; overall crime is down in our city
this year; and our city is getting clean- NYC plans to create the Department of Sustainable Delivery. This will be a first-in-the-nation entity that regulates new forms of delivery transit
er and greener.
But we know that our econom- and helps keep our workers and our streets safe (Representative photo)
ic recovery hasn’t reached everyone,
and it has not benefitted everyone to get by, across the five boroughs. real. I know what it is like to struggle. And it is why we announced five
equitably. That is why we are doing Delivery workers are an essential I was raised by a working mother who public e-battery charging locations to
everything we can to make sure New part of our city, but just months ago, struggled to support my five siblings test safe, public charging of lithium-ion
York City remains a city for work- they were making an average of just and me. Thousands of our delivery batteries for 100 delivery workers.
ing-class people. $5.39 per hour before tips. workers are doing the same to sup- That is also why we plan to create
Last week, our administration Our administration knew this port themselves and their families the Department of Sustainable De-
delivered a well-deserved pay raise was unacceptable, so, in June 2023, every day. livery. This will be a first-in-the-na-
for our app-based food delivery we announced the nation’s first mini- But we also know that there tion entity that regulates new forms
workers. Delivery workers who work mum pay rate rule for app-based food is more to be done. We have heard of delivery transit and helps keep our
for UberEATS, DoorDash, and delivery workers. Since this new pay that some delivery apps are making it workers and our streets safe.
Grubhub will now receive at least rate went into effect, delivery work- harder to tip and that some apps are We know that when things get
$19.56 per hour before tips. This is ers have already seen a 165 percent locking out workers from shifts. This tough, we must invest in our most
fair pay for a fair day’s work. This increase in their pay per week and is wrong, and we made that very clear valued asset: our people.
means that more than 60,000 of the they are earning nearly $850 million last week when we stood with our De- This is how you build a city where
hardest-working New Yorkers out more annually. liveristas and delivery workers. all New Yorkers share in our prosper-
there will have their wages boosted. And this minimum pay rate is in- That is why we are pioneering ity, no matter what line of work they
This puts money back into the creased to reflect inflation, because first-of -their-kind hubs where our are in, or what borough they live in.
pockets of delivery workers, it puts we know that New Yorkers continue food delivery workers can take shel- We are delivering fair pay for work-
dinner on the table, it helps pay their to feel the burden of the cost of liv- ter from inclement weather, rest, and ing-class New Yorkers.
mortgages, and it supports working ing. People are working harder and recharge their cellphone or e-bike Eric Adams is the Mayor of
families, especially those struggling harder to get by. I know the hustle is batteries. New York City, NY

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