NYC $15 minimum wage hurting restaurants

[Mr Natural]

The crackers sure do love their idea of a civil war.

 

[rightwinger]

Anyone surprised?

Gabriela’s isn’t alone. In a survey of 324 full-service restaurants, the New York City Hospitality Alliance found that 76.5 percent of respondents cut staff hours and 36.3 percent eliminated jobs, including whole layers of middle management, in response to mandated wage increases.

“It’s death by a thousand cuts,” says Andrew Rigie, executive director of the group. “The minimum wage increases put pressure on small businesses. They are well-intended but unsustainable. There’s only so many times you can increase the price of a burger and a bowl of pasta.”

Philippe Massoud, CEO and executive chef of the Manhattan-based Lebanese eateries Ilili and Ilili Box, says rising wages have forced him to cut hours for his 180 employees, yank labor-intensive dishes from the menu and cut back on staff education events like wine seminars.

The rent doesn’t go down. The food doesn’t cost less. Customers aren’t going to pay higher prices.

What does the Loony Left expect?

More @ https://nypost.com/2019/09/29/15-minimum-wage-hike-is-hitting-hurting-nyc-restaurants/

NYC has the highest rental prices in the country. The price of food has increased dramatically, taxes are the highest in the country

Yet, somehow, restaurants in NYC thrive

But try to increase what they pay their workers and they claim they will go out of business

Only the most expensive restaurants. The lower end stores are dying. Leaving the poorest workers, who need those jobs the most, out of employment.

Meanwhile the public is charged higher and higher prices.

Expensive place to live
Even for workers

Taxpayers shouldn’t have to make up the difference

 

[Supposn]

Longknife, assuming NYC’s minimum wage rate is detrimental to service industries that are more dependent upon lower wage employees, what are you proposing should be done?
NYC’s government has decided the higher minimum rate is in their aggregate economy’s and particularly in their working-poor’s’ best interests. I expect NYC voters will continue supporting that decision.

NYC’s higher rate does no net harm but is rather of net benefit to lesser wage rate political jurisdictions in their own and in other states.

Respectfully, Supposn

 

[Likkmee]

Anyone surprised?

Gabriela’s isn’t alone. In a survey of 324 full-service restaurants, the New York City Hospitality Alliance found that 76.5 percent of respondents cut staff hours and 36.3 percent eliminated jobs, including whole layers of middle management, in response to mandated wage increases.

“It’s death by a thousand cuts,” says Andrew Rigie, executive director of the group. “The minimum wage increases put pressure on small businesses. They are well-intended but unsustainable. There’s only so many times you can increase the price of a burger and a bowl of pasta.”

Philippe Massoud, CEO and executive chef of the Manhattan-based Lebanese eateries Ilili and Ilili Box, says rising wages have forced him to cut hours for his 180 employees, yank labor-intensive dishes from the menu and cut back on staff education events like wine seminars.

The rent doesn’t go down. The food doesn’t cost less. Customers aren’t going to pay higher prices.

What does the Loony Left expect?

More @ https://nypost.com/2019/09/29/15-minimum-wage-hike-is-hitting-hurting-nyc-restaurants/

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