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Getting food delivered in New York is simple. For the workers who do it, getting paid is not
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A food delivery worker prepares to ride off after a pickup from a fast-food restaurant on Brooklyn's Flatbush Avenue, Mondfy, Jan. 29, 2024, in New York. Recent city ordinances in New York and Seattle increased minimum wage protections for app-based food delivery workers. - photo by AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers place over 100 million food delivery orders each year via a very simple process: press a few buttons on an app and it’s in their hands in about 30 minutes. For the delivery workers, the process is anything but simple. And it has only become more complex since the city instituted a new wage formula designed to guarantee they make at least $18 an hour.