DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
DoorDash Spent $1.4M Trying to Stop Mamdani from Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why
DoorDash 曾斥资 140 万美元试图阻止 Mamdani 当选市长，如今原因水落石出
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New York City on Sept. 14, 2026. Photo: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images. 2026 年 9 月 14 日，市长 Zohran Mamdani 在纽约市政厅的新闻发布会上发表讲话。（图片来源：Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images）
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. 去年，在周二宣布 DoorDash 因少付 26.4 万名外卖员薪资而与纽约市达成 1.315 亿美元和解协议之前，该公司曾斥资约 140 万美元开展竞选活动，试图阻止 Zohran Mamdani 当选市长，而正是 Mamdani 监督了这一历史性的和解案。
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. 当时，DoorDash 在 2025 年市长选举前的竞选捐款被认为异常庞大——它向一个超级政治行动委员会（super PAC）单笔捐赠了 100 万美元，这在当时是竞选中的最大一笔捐款——并因此受到了其他候选人的批评。这家外卖巨头的和解协议是纽约市历史上规模最大的劳工和解案，这使得这些捐款再次受到审视。
Through that election cycle, DoorDash spent around $1.4 million against Mamdani and in favor of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The company was one of the top donors to the biggest outside spender in the election, a virulently anti-Mamdani super PAC called Fix the City. 在整个选举周期中，DoorDash 花费了约 140 万美元用于反对 Mamdani 并支持前纽约州州长 Andrew Cuomo。该公司是选举中最大的外部支出方——一个名为“Fix the City”的强烈反 Mamdani 超级政治行动委员会——的主要捐助者之一。
While on the campaign trail, Mamdani had promised to regulate delivery apps and further protections for delivery workers, proposals that earned him the support of delivery worker groups. At the time, DoorDash’s large spending raised eyebrows. Now, the company has to pay its workers around 100 times the amount it spent attempting to influence the election, owing to a mayoral administration that refused to overlook concerns with the company’s conduct. 在竞选期间，Mamdani 曾承诺监管外卖应用程序并加强对外卖员的保护，这些提议为他赢得了外卖员团体的支持。当时，DoorDash 的巨额支出引起了人们的质疑。如今，由于本届市政府拒绝忽视该公司行为中存在的问题，DoorDash 不得不向其员工支付相当于其试图影响选举所花费金额约 100 倍的赔偿。
“It’s not a contribution, it’s an investment, with the donor or investor expecting something in return,” said Greg Coleridge, a former co-director of Move to Amend, an advocacy group that seeks stringent regulations against corporate money in elections. “Here is an instance where organized money from a company that was trying to avoid being responsible and accountable, was unsuccessful.” “这不是捐款，而是一项投资，捐赠者或投资者期望得到回报，”旨在推动严格监管选举中企业资金的倡导组织 Move to Amend 的前联合主任 Greg Coleridge 表示，“这是一个典型的例子，一家试图逃避责任和问责的公司投入的有组织资金，最终以失败告终。”
Announcing the new settlement, Mamdani said, “The size of this settlement shows the damage done to workers by wage theft. But it also shows that enforcement matters.” 在宣布这项新和解协议时，Mamdani 表示：“和解协议的规模显示了工资盗窃对工人造成的伤害。但也表明，执法至关重要。”
In a public statement about the settlement, DoorDash said, “Simply put, we screwed up. Our mistakes meant some Dashers were underpaid or paid late. While these mistakes weren’t intentional, that doesn’t make them okay.” (DoorDash did not respond to a request for comment on its campaign contributions.) DoorDash 在关于和解协议的公开声明中表示：“简单来说，我们搞砸了。我们的错误导致一些外卖员被少付或迟付了工资。虽然这些错误并非蓄意为之，但这并不能成为借口。”（DoorDash 未回应关于其竞选捐款的置评请求。）
A Historic Settlement
历史性的和解
DoorDash’s settlement followed an investigation by the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The Mamdani administration said that the investigation “found that DoorDash deliberately paid workers below the Minimum Pay Rate or not at all.” DoorDash 的和解协议是在纽约市消费者和工人保护局进行调查后达成的。Mamdani 政府表示，调查“发现 DoorDash 蓄意向工人支付低于最低工资标准的薪酬，甚至完全不支付薪酬。”
Under the settlement with the city, the food delivery giant will pay over $115 million in worker restitution and over $16 million in civil penalties and administrative fines. Two weeks after assuming office, the Mamdani administration warned delivery apps to comply with worker protections, sending notices to DoorDash and others, and announcing a lawsuit against the delivery app Motoclick. 根据与市政府达成的和解协议，这家外卖巨头将支付超过 1.15 亿美元的工人赔偿金，以及超过 1600 万美元的民事处罚和行政罚款。在就职两周后，Mamdani 政府就警告外卖应用程序必须遵守工人保护规定，向 DoorDash 等公司发送了通知，并宣布对另一外卖应用 Motoclick 提起诉讼。
The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s citywide investigation into DoorDash began after dozens of workers reported that the company had failed to pay them or had paid them late for work they had performed. As part of the settlement, DoorDash must submit detailed compliance data reports to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection every month for three years, and the company’s activities will be monitored. 消费者和工人保护局对 DoorDash 的全市范围调查始于数十名工人举报该公司未支付或迟付其已完成工作的报酬。作为和解协议的一部分，DoorDash 必须在未来三年内每月向消费者和工人保护局提交详细的合规数据报告，且该公司的活动将受到监督。