Overview

• The City Council will vote on five bills on July 14 to apply the $21.44 minimum hourly rate to nearly 20,000 grocery delivery couriers
• Shaun Abreu’s measures require a tipping option of at least 10 percent at order placement and compel platforms to pay contractors within seven calendar days
• Jennifer Gutiérrez’s proposal obliges companies to provide bathroom access, distribute fire safety materials and supply insulated delivery bags
• Sandy Nurse’s legislation aligns grocery courier pay with rates set by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, mirroring food delivery standards
• The initiative builds on the 2021 law that first set minimum wages and conditions for app-based delivery workers and saw its $21.44 rate fully implemented in April after courts upheld the increases