Early Addition: A minimum wage for food delivery workers

Also, Cracker Barrel controversy and brewery cats. [View this email in a browser.]( [Get a T-Shirt When You Donate!]( Gothamist relies on your support to make news available to all. This month only: You'll get a t-shirt when you become a member. [Donate Now]( [NYC establishes first minimum wage for food delivery workers]( [first image]( [by Emily Nadal]( ​​​​​​It’s Monday morning in New York City where [food delivery workers will finally earn a minimum wage.]( For the first time ever, tens of thousands of delivery workers are readying to make at least $17.96 per hour plus tips by July 12, and at least $19.96 an hour by 2025, under new regulations announced Sunday. Here’s what else is happening: - Roughly [73% of the 164,285 NYC tenants facing eviction are going to court without a lawyer]( and non-profit attorneys are being stretched thin. - An anti-abortion organization is [facing a lawsuit from the New York attorney general]( who wants to keep its members at least 30 feet from health care clinics after some of the group was arrested for blocking access to the facilities. - The implementation of a new [law which requires short-term rental hosts to register with the city]( has been twice delayed, and officials are concerned that staffing shortages will make enforcement even more difficult. - A couple is suing the city for allegedly wrongfully [tearing down their elaborate, $90,000 outdoor dining shed]( leaving them in a financial hole. - A bill that [would consider reparations for slavery]( has made it to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk after lawmakers tried for years to get it through. - The reparations bill [joins several others that were passed in this legislative session]( including the [Clean Slate Act]( which seals most criminal convictions, and the addition of [Diwali and Lunar New Year]( to public school calendars. - United Airlines will be [upgrading their inflight entertainment]( with 4K OLED TVs that have bluetooth connectivity, so no more searching for wired headphones when you fly. - Sen. Chuck Schumer wants the White House to [send more firefighters to help Canada fight the raging wildfires]( to prevent a “summer of smoke” in New York. - The 45th annual Museum Mile Festival kicks off on Tuesday. [Here’s where to go and what to see.]( - While Pride Month celebrates all LGBTQ+ communities, it also serves as a reminder to honor earlier generations who endured a vastly different landscape. [WNYC spoke to older LGBTQ+ adults about their journeys]( and what the month means to them. - Conservatives are mad at Cracker Barrel, however, for showing their Pride Month support. The ‘Texas Family Project’ [was outraged by the restaurant chain’s messaging]( saying: “A once family friendly establishment has caved to the mob.” - Gothamist reporters are trying out novel and trendy experiences in New York and telling you all about it so you can decide if you want to. In this week’s column: [an NYC yoga class with a soundscape to 'mimic the grounding vibrations of the earth.’]( - Mark Ruffalo and Amy Schumer were among those who [joined a rally Saturday to save an Upper West Side church]( whose landmark designation may be stripped so that the building can be sold to a luxury condo developer. - Nationally, schools struggle with conversations about race, bias and identity, but one [Brooklyn elementary school embraces them]( by implementing the topics into everyday classroom discussion. - It was a rough weekend for animals. A [moose wandering at a Connecticut airport was killed]( by environmental officials. - And at the Belmont Stakes, [two horses were euthanized within 24 hours]( after they were injured. - In happier animal news, [these cats are hard at work keeping NYC breweries safe]( from vermin. - Cats: they have so many jobs. Breweries, bodegas and...cereal promotion. Tony the Tiger made an [appearance at the Tony Awards to hand out consolation cereal bowls for the night’s losers.]( "They should not be delivering food to your household, if they can’t put food on the plate in their household.” - Mayor Eric Adams on [GUARANTEEING A MINIMUM WAGE FOR FOOD DELIVERY WORKERS.]( More from Gothamist [second image]( [Roughly 200 migrants at JFK warehouse begin adjustment to NYC life]( The JFK shelter is the latest in a number of drastic measures the city has proposed, and it has garnered heavy opposition from Republicans who claim the facility could put airport safety at risk in the post-9/11 world. [Santos files appeal to keep names of those who paid his $500K bond under wraps]( Rep. George Santos filed an appeal on Friday morning to keep the names of the people who cosigned his $500,000 bond under wraps. 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