DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
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- DoorDash settled with New York City for $131.5 million after underpaying 264,000 delivery workers, the largest worker settlement in city history.
- DoorDash spent about $1.4 million opposing mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who later oversaw the settlement, including a $1 million donation to a super PAC.
- Mamdani had promised to regulate delivery apps and garnered support from worker groups, while the super PAC ran ads accusing him of 'radically dangerous ideas' and altering his beard in a mailer, called 'blatant Islamophobia.'
- The settlement includes over $115 million in worker restitution and $16 million in fines, plus three years of compliance monitoring.
- DoorDash admitted to mistakes but claimed they were unintentional, and this settlement follows previous ones in 2024 and 2025 for related violations.