264,000 DoorDash drivers are getting money in a massive $131.5 million settlement. Here’s what happened

DoorDash has agreed to pay more than $115 million to more than 260,000 delivery workers in New York City who were underpaid as part of a $131.5 million settlement with the city. The worker settlement is being heralded as an historic win by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his administration, who claim that it’s both the largest settlement in the city’s history and the largest involving food delivery workers in the U.S. That said, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection began a citywide investigation years before Mamdani took office after receiving complaints from dozens of DoorDash workers—aka “Dashers.” The settlement owed to workers works out to an average payment of about $442, but the amounts due will likely vary widely. Workers who weren’t paid at all or who weren’t paid on time by DoorDash will receive compensation calculated at approximately 200% of the amount they were underpaid. Mamdani said in a statement that the settlement is an indication of the city ensuring that workers get what they’re owed and that his administration will keep fighting for the working people. In a televised address, he went even further, blasting the company’s “greedy algorithm” t…