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Int 0737-2024

Establishing gratuity standards for food delivery workers and grocery delivery workers.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Consumer and Worker Protectionintroduced 2024-04-11Local Law 2025/107

Enacted as Local Law 2025/107.

Official record · Legistar

Agenda: 2024-04-11Passed: 2025-08-13Enacted: 2025-08-13

Summary

This bill would require third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services such as Uber Eats and Instacart, to provide an option to pay gratuity that is at least 10 percent of the purchase price on each food or grocery delivery order.

Committee on Consumer and Worker ProtectionDepartment of Consumer and Worker Protection and Office of Nightlife.

How it compares

26% of similar bills passed

13 passed · 37 died

This bill: 458 days in committee

Similar bills: median 321 days · 258 days when passed

Sponsors (21)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2024-04-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2024-06-21 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2024-06-21 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-07-14 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-07-14 · Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-07-14 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-07-14 · City Council
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2025-08-12 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2025-08-13 · Administration

Votes (58)

Aye (43)
Oswald J. FelizYusef SalaamAlexa AvilésKevin C. RileyCarlina Rivera Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Pierina Ana SanchezLynn C. SchulmanAdrienne E. AdamsShaun AbreuChris BanksErik D. BottcherJustin L. BrannanGale A. BrewerTiffany L. CabánCarmen N. De La RosaAmanda C. FaríasSimcha FelderJennifer GutiérrezKamillah HanksCrystal HudsonRita C. JosephShekar KrishnanFarah N. LouisDarlene MealyJulie MeninMercedes NarcisseSandy NurseChi A. OsséLincoln RestlerAlthea V. StevensSusan ZhuangSelvena N. Brooks-PowersEric DinowitzLinda LeeNantasha M. WilliamsJulie WonJulie WonJulie MeninShaun AbreuGale A. BrewerAmanda C. FaríasShekar Krishnan
Nay (5)
Robert F. HoldenJoann Ariola Kristy MarmoratoFrank MoranoVickie Paladino
Absent (6)
Diana I. AyalaDavid M. CarrChristopher MarteKeith Powers Sandra UngInna Vernikov
Excused (4)
James F. GennaroShahana K. HanifFrancisco P. MoyaChi A. Ossé

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2025-07-14 · 3:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2025-07-14 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection · 2024-06-21 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2024-04-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (19)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision b of section 20-1522 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2025 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to protections for contracted delivery workers, as proposed in introduction number 1133, is amended to read as follows: 4. [Reserved] When providing an opportunity to pay a gratuity pursuant to paragraph 3 of this subdivision, a third-party food delivery service or third-party grocery delivery service shall provide a customer with gratuity options that may be set at the discretion of such service, provided that such gratuity options include an option to pay a gratuity that is at least 10 percent of the purchase price and an additional option that allows such customer to manually enter a different amount or percentage of such purchase price. � 2. This local law takes effect on the same date that a local law for the year 2025 amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to safe delivery device access for contracted delivery workers, as proposed in introduction number 30-B, takes effect. SS LS #15383 7/3/25 1 1