| DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why. Last year, well before DoorDash's $131.5 million settlement with New York City for underpaying 264,000 delivery workers was announced Tuesday, the company spent around $1.4 million on the campaign to stop Zohran Mamdani, who oversaw the historic settlement, from becoming mayor. At the time, DoorDash's campaign contributions in the run-up to the 2025 mayoral election were considered unusually large -- it made a single $1 million gift to a super PAC that, at the time, was the largest donation in the race -- and faced criticism from other candidates in the race. The food delivery giant's settlement agreement, the largest worker settlement in the city's history, brings further scrutiny to those donations. |
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