DoorDash spent $1.4M to stop Mamdani
The gist
DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle New York City claims it underpaid 264,000 delivery workers.
The company had spent about $1.4 million trying to stop Mayor Mamdani.
How it unfolded
- 2025DoorDash spent around $1.4 million on the campaign against Zohran Mamdani and in favor of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, including a single $1 million gift to a super PAC that was then the largest donation in the race.
- 2025DoorDash was among the largest donors to Fix the City, a super PAC that spent about $31 million seeking to defeat Mamdani, and also gave $1.8 million to another super PAC supporting Cuomo.
- 2026 -01The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection separately accused DoorDash and Uber Eats of costing workers more than $550 million through changes to their tipping systems.