April 11 (Reuters) - Ride-hailing companies Lyft ( LYFT )

and Uber ( UBER ) will extend their services in

Minneapolis till July 1, they said on Thursday, after city

officials voted a day earlier to push back the start of a driver

pay raise by two months.

The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday

to implement the ordinance that ensures rideshare drivers in the

city are paid a minimum wage of $15.57 an hour from July 1

instead of May 1, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.

The city council did not immediately respond to a Reuters'

request for comment on the reported vote.

"The ordinance is unsustainable for our customers and would

force us to shut down operations in Minneapolis when the

ordinance does inevitably take effect," a Lyft ( LYFT ) spokesperson told

Reuters.

Lyft ( LYFT ) and Uber ( UBER ) had originally planned to stop operations in

Minneapolis starting May 1.

The city council voted 10-3 in March to ensure the city's

rideshare drivers are paid the minimum wage following protests

by rideshare and delivery drivers on Valentine's Day this year

demanding fair pay and working conditions.

(Reporting by Disha Mishra and Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru;

Editing by Janane Venkatraman

)