Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a pair of controversial grocery bills that would have forced delivery companies in NYC to pay drivers more, which critics said would result in higher costs at the supermarket.

Adams said Wednesday he issued the vetoes because he feared the increase in prices would burden struggling New Yorkers already facing an affordability crisis.

“Grocery prices are already too high, so now is not the right time to do anything to drive these prices even higher,” the mayor said. 4

Progressive City Council members who supported the legislation said the new laws would increase wages to more than $21 per hour for delivery drivers.

But Adams argued the app delivery companies would pass the cost of the increased wages onto “vulnerable” customers.

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