The increase in meal COSTS will end up being taken from the TIPS left for the servers. Didn’t anyone in NOO YAWK read or hear about what the “wonderful” increase in the minimum wage did to the food industry in Seattle?
And, of course, the politicians stand proud because THEY have given the “down trodden” an increase in their stipend.
The predictable result is, naturally, not of their doing.
Uh, like, duuuuuuh!
There should be no tipping, period. If you don’t do your job, then you get fired by the boss. Until customers get paid for job evaluations and the power to hire and fire, then it isn’t their responsibility to provide the paychecks and be the boss.
$15 is good pay for a low skill job.