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Mayor vetoes grocery-delivery pay rules and street-vendor decriminalization; council vows override
Summary
The mayor issued vetoes for two bills extending pay and workplace protections to grocery delivery workers and for a bill decriminalizing certain street-vending offenses; council leaders criticized the vetoes and said they intend to seek overrides in the coming weeks.
The council reported receipt of mayoral veto messages for three measures: Intro. 1133a and Intro. 1135a, which the council said would establish minimum pay standards and protections for grocery delivery workers, and Intro. 47b, which would remove criminal misdemeanor penalties for certain street-vending offenses.
At the stated meeting a council speaker criticized the mayor’s vetoes and framed the actions as siding with corporate interests over workers. “Mayor Adams chose to side with corporate special interests over workers, and the nearly 20,000 working…
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