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.