New York City mandates $18 minimum wage for food delivery workers

Starting in July, food delivery workers in New York City will make nearly $18 an hour, as New York becomes the nation's first city to mandate a minimum wage for the app-based restaurant employees. 

Delivery apps would be required to pay their workers a minimum of $17.96 per hour plus tips by July 12, rising to $19.96 per hour by 2025. After that, the pay will be indexed to inflation. 

It's a significant increase from delivery workers' current pay of about $12 an hour, as calculated by the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP).