In two lawsuits filed in the New York Supreme Court, the food delivery companies sued to block the rule from going into effect next week.
DoorDash and Grubhub argued in a joint suit that the “ill-conceived” rule would have “drastic” and “immediate” consequences.
Uber warned in a separate lawsuit that the city’s “grand marketplace experiment risks crushing restaurants and the increasingly important food delivery market.”
The rule requires food delivery companies to pay their couriers $17.96 per hour starting July 12. This would increase to $18.96 an hour in April 2024 and $19.96 in April 2025.
“Our delivery workers have consistently delivered for us — now, we are delivering for them,” Adams said during the June announcement.
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