Lowe's has launched a drone delivery service in partnership with DoorDash and Alphabet's Wing, marking the first drone delivery program in home improvement retail. The pilot program in North Carolina offers delivery of over 100 products within 20 minutes, with drones carrying up to 2.5 pounds within a 5-mile radius. The service addresses customer pain points during home projects and may expand if successful.
DoorDash settled with New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection for $131.5 million over payment compliance failures affecting approximately 264,000 delivery workers. The settlement includes $12.3 million for underpaid or late payments and $83 million over a dispute regarding on-call time compensation, with technical issues and complex delivery scenarios cited as causes.
DoorDash spent $1.4 million opposing Zohran Mamdani's 2025 mayoral campaign through donations to super PACs, but now faces a $131.5 million settlement with New York City for underpaying 264,000 delivery workers—a sum roughly 100 times its campaign spending. Mamdani, who promised worker protections and oversaw the historic settlement, defeated the corporate-backed effort to block his election.
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.
New York City finalized a $131 million settlement with DoorDash for underpaying delivery workers between December 2023 and June 2026, affecting 260,000 workers. The settlement, the largest for delivery workers in any US city, includes $115 million in direct worker payments plus $16 million in penalties. Affected workers will receive 200 percent of what they were originally owed.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a historic $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash over systematic underpayment of delivery drivers, criticizing CEO Tony Xu's stated use of a 'greedy algorithm' in business decisions. Of the settlement, $115 million will go directly to workers, with the remainder funding fines and software allowing workers to report payment data to the city.