DoorDash spent $1.4 million opposing Zohran Mamdani's 2025 mayoral campaign, including a $1 million donation to an anti-Mamdani super PAC, before being forced to pay a record $131.5 million settlement for underpaying 264,000 delivery workers under Mamdani's administration. The timing highlights corporate spending to avoid worker protections that Mamdani had championed.