Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
Joe Wilkins
created: Feb. 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. | updated: Feb. 11, 2026, 6:29 p.m.
Less than a month into his term, New York City’s mayor has already served a crushing blow to delivery app companies.
In a bombshell intervention, Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection commissioner Sam Levine announced that three delivery apps will be forced to repay $4.6 million in wages held back from deliveristas, New York City’s app-based delivery workers.
According to NYC Streetblog, the three main culprits being forced to settle are Uber Eats, Fantuan, and Hungry Panda.
The three settlements were the result of a sweeping investigation into broader delivery app practices, which included GrubHub and DoorDash.
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