{"id":79105,"date":"2025-07-20T22:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/79105\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T22:39:09","slug":"city-council-lefties-tackle-affordability-by-driving-up-grocery-prices-brilliant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/79105\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council lefties tackle &#8216;affordability&#8217; by driving up grocery prices. Brilliant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAffordability\u201d is New Yorkers\u2019 No. 1 issue, per Gov. Kathy Hochul and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/26\/opinion\/mamdanis-vow-to-lower-costs-won-him-votes-but-his-fix-is-more-lefty-policies-that-drive-them-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani<\/a>. So what did the City Council just do?<\/p>\n<p>It passed a measure (by a veto-proof majority) virtually guaranteeing grocery prices will shoot up \u2014 specifically, by requiring app-based delivery companies to shell out a minimum of about $21 an hour to delivery workers.<\/p>\n<p>The companies will just pass on their added costs to the public, driving business down in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The union representing the city\u2019s first responders say under the new rates, rookie FDNY EMTs \u2014 whose starting pay is $39,386 \u2014 will earn less than illegal-immigrant deliveristas.<\/p>\n<p>And who knows how many of these delivery workers will soon be out of jobs, thanks to this bill: When the council, in December 2023, bumped up the minimum wage to $18 for app-based restaurant delivery workers, menu prices jumped 12% and app fees spikes 58%. <\/p>\n<p>Consumers spent 10% more on deliveries the next quarter than during the same quarter the year before. (Inflation was just 4% in 2023.)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n<p>But not only were customers screwed, so were the people the hike was supposed to help: the workers.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, the average tip amount plunged by $2.64. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/15\/opinion\/app-delivery-minimum-wage-is-shutting-out-workers-and-nyc-lefties-dont-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worse, many lost their jobs<\/a>: Active worker accounts on delivery apps fell 9% in Q1 of 2024 over Q1 in 2023; UberEats couriers sank by 12,000.<\/p>\n<p>This time, some in the industry are projecting the hikes will push up grocery-delivery costs by 46% on New Yorkers directly, and 13% on local grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of a more direct assault on \u201caffordability\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Actually, we can think of one \u2014 and it\u2019ll be plain as day if socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor and tries to make the city \u201caffordable.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAffordability\u201d is New Yorkers\u2019 No. 1 issue, per Gov. Kathy Hochul and Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. 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