NYC Tipping Rules Add $104 Million for 70,000 Delivery Workers as Mamdani Presses Uber Eats, DoorDash
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Updated · Business Insider · Jul 30
NYC Tipping Rules Add $104 Million for 70,000 Delivery Workers as Mamdani Presses Uber Eats, DoorDash
3 articles · Updated · Business Insider · Jul 30
Summary
$104 million in extra tips has flowed to New York City delivery workers since January after the city forced apps to change checkout tipping prompts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said, calling it a victory over Uber Eats and DoorDash.
City officials said tips have doubled since the rules took effect in late January, after Uber Eats and DoorDash allegedly hid tip buttons and set default tips below 10%—practices Mamdani said drove a 79% collapse in tips.
70,000 delivery workers are now on track to gain an average of $2,287 a year, under rules requiring apps to show tipping at checkout and recommend at least a 10% tip.
The push is part of a broader crackdown: the city reached a January settlement requiring Uber Eats and other apps to pay more than $5 million, boosted worker-protection enforcement funding by over $4 million in June, and still faces a lawsuit from DoorDash and Uber challenging the rules.