Uber, DoorDash Fail to Block NYC’s Minimum Wage Increase for App-Based Delivery Workers

App-based delivery workers to earn nearly $20 an hour by 2025 after a New York judge upheld the minimum wage law.

A person speaks to a delivery worker outside of restaurant that uses app deliveries in New York City, on July 7, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A New York state judge has rejected attempts by Uber, DoorDash, and Grubhub to stop a minimum wage increase for app-based delivery workers.

The decision from New York Acting Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Moyne means that the law setting the minimum wage rise will take effect for the three companies.