A New York state judge has temporarily paused a law that would have raised the minimum wage to nearly $18 an hour for food delivery workers in New York City.
The ruling is in favor of four delivery food services—DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber, and New York-based Relay Delivery—which filed lawsuits to temporarily block the law.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Nicholas Moyne said in the preliminary injunction (pdf) that the law is on hold until lawyers for the plaintiffs make additional filings.
He set a hearing for July 31 to hear arguments on whether the preliminary injunction should remain in place while the legal challenges play out….