In yet another rebuke of Mayor Eric Adams, the City Council on Wednesday voted to override his vetoes of legislation to decriminalize unlicensed street vending and raise the minimum wage for grocery store delivery workers.
Needing a two-thirds majority of the 51-member council, the body barely eked out an override of Mayor Adams’ veto for a bill that would eliminate misdemeanors for street vendors who operate without a license — with a 35-to-9 vote and three abstentions. It also voted to revive a bill that would raise the minimum wage for grocery delivery workers to $21.44 by a 39-to-8 vote; and another to strengthen their workplace protections by a 40-to-7 vote.
