Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine announced more than $5 million in worker restitution and penalties secured from three major restaurant delivery app companies. Uber Eats, Fantuan, and HungryPanda will pay a combined $5,195,000 in restitution, civil penalties, and damages to more than 49,000 food delivery workers to resolve violations of the City’s Minimum Pay Rate for delivery workers. Uber has also agreed to reinstate workers who were wrongfully deactivated between December 2023 and September 2024, which may impact as many as 10,000 people.
“In the first month of this administration, our city has made one thing unmistakably clear: there is zero tolerance for exploiting workers, cutting corners on labor protections, or rigging our economy to serve wealthy corporations at the expense of working people,” said Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani. “This settlement won’t just deliver real relief to thousands of New Yorkers—it draws a red line for corporate abuse. If you break the law and profit from exploitation, you will be held accountable, swiftly and directly.”
“The era of giant corporations juicing profits by underpaying workers is over,” said DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine. “I’m proud that this agency is not only returning full back pay, but is recovering damages and penalties to send a strong message that cheating workers will not be tolerated.”
