You're just plain wrong, please stop. New York City has a $15/hour minimum wage, with a $5/hour "tip credit" for food service employees - that is, as long as the employees are making more than $5/hour in tips, the employer only has to pay them $10/hour. Any employer that doesn't pay a base wage is operating illegally and is guilty of wage theft, no matter how many tips the employee makes.

And yes, I can back this up: https://dol.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/p717_12-22...