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DoorDash Lobbying Sunk Bill to Require Apps to Insure Delivery Workers
A secret memo from the rich app company described a simple insurance bill as "costly." And legislators fell into line.
June 30, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: City Hall Handshake Edition
The Department of Sustainable Delivery finally has funding ... but for what? Plus more news.
June 30, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Council Will Force Apps To Fund Safe E-Bikes for Workers
The City Council is set to pass a bill on Monday that will make app companies responsible for their workers using safe e-bikes.
June 27, 2025
Small ‘Wonder’: Delivery Workers Protest Deactivations By New Food App Power Player
More than 50 delivery workers have had their accounts deactivated by Grubhub in the past two weeks — and they're blaming the company's new owner, a booming new player called Wonder.
June 18, 2025
Senate Votes to Require Delivery Apps to Provide Insurance for Workers
Speed limits are fine, but what will really help crash victims is insurance.
June 13, 2025
Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush
Council members want Speaker Adrienne Adams to act, but she doesn't want to.
May 29, 2025
Quiet Desperation: NYPD’s Tisch Didn’t Tell DOT About Her Crackdown on Cycling
The NYPD commissioner did not inform her counterpart at the Department of Transportation that police would begin issuing criminal summonses to cyclists.
May 15, 2025
Lander, Labor Activists Slam Cuomo After ‘Goliath’ DoorDash Gives $1M
The donation from the the app company is seen as a way of influencing a possible future mayor to side with the tech giant.
May 14, 2025
‘Chaos’ Candidate? DoorDash Gave $1M to Super PAC Backing Cuomo, Who Decries Delivery Workers
Cuomo says he'll fix the chaos on the Streets by reining in app companies, but DoorDash just donated $1 million to help him win.
May 13, 2025
NYPD’s Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers
Safety for the community? Great. But aren't delivery workers part of the community, too?
May 9, 2025
