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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                              JANUARY 23, 2026      |  The Indian Eye 24

                        Mamdani Administration’s DCWP Sues

                 Motoclick and CEO, Warns Delivery Apps to

                                 comply with Worker Protections

            OUR BUREAU

            New York, NY
            A
                  case  has  been  filed  on  behalf  of  the  City
                  of New York in New York State Supreme
                  Court against predatory delivery app Mo-
            toclick for egregiously violating the city’s Delivery
            Worker Laws. Motoclick, which operates a restau-
            rant-facing delivery service, blatantly ignored the
            Minimum Pay Rate and stole directly from work-
            ers’ paychecks, with shocking tactics that include
            charging workers a $10 fee for canceled orders and
            deducting the entire cost of refunded orders from
            workers’ pay – sometimes claiming that workers
            owed the company money. DCWP estimates that
            Motoclick and CEO Juan Pablo Salinas Salek owe
            workers millions in  stolen pay  and damages  and
            seeks to shut the company down completely.
                Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined Deputy May-
            or for Economic Justice Julie Su, DCWP Commis-
            sioner Sam Levine, and advocates from Worker’s
            Justice Project and Los Deliveristas Unidos to an-
            nounce the lawsuit.
                Commissioner Levine also today launched a
            compliance blitz, sending notices to Instacart, Door-
            Dash, Grubhub, Uber, and others warning them to
            adhere to new Delivery Worker Laws taking effect
            on January 26. This includes Local Laws 107 and
            108, related to tipping protections; Local Law 113
            related to delivery worker pay transparency; and
            Local Laws 123 and 124, related to expanding the
            minimum pay rate to more delivery workers, timely
            and weekly payment rights, and improved bathroom
            access for delivery workers. As a report DCWP re-
            leased earlier this week revealed, DoorDash and   the job, a minimum wage for their work, and tips   ment marks a new era of co-enforcement in the app
            Uber engineered design tricks in their interfaces to   that go directly to their pockets,” said Deputy May-  delivery industry: rooted in worker leadership, pub-
            lower workers’ tip earnings by $550 million.    or for Economic Justice Julie Su. “Today’s lawsuit   lic accountability, and real consequences for reckless
                These actions come as Commissioner Levine   against Motoclick is not just an action against one   app companies. We are grateful to work in unity with
            ramps up efforts to crack down on predatory deliv-  company, it’s a warning to every app-based com-  Commissioner Levine and the entire Department of
            ery apps, reverse worker losses through aggressive   pany  from  this  Administration.  You  cannot  treat   Consumer and Worker Protection team to make
            enforcement of the Delivery Worker Laws, and   workers like they are expendable and get away with   clear that workers and the city are watching – and
            hold companies and individuals accountable for rip-  it. We will seek full back pay and damages. We will   that the law will be enforced,” said Ligia Guallpa,
            ping off the hardworking, majority immigrant deliv-  seek full accountability.”            Executive Director of Worker’s Justice Project and
            eristas who keep New Yorkers fed.                “Motoclick and its CEO tricked New Yorkers   Co-Founder of the Los Deliveristas Unidos campaign
                “Deliveristas make millions of New Yorkers’   into working for their platform with false promises   The NYC Department of Consumer and Work-
            day-to-day lives easier only for their own to be dif-  and then stole their tips and earnings – sometimes   er Protection (DCWP) is the nation’s leading mu-
            ficult.  Today,  however,  marks  the  end  of  a  chap-  even driving workers into debt.,” said DCWP Com-  nicipal enforcement agency charged with delivering
            ter of thankless exploitation,” said Mayor Zohran   missioner Samuel A.A. Levine. “We are seeking to   New Yorkers economic justice and an affordable
            Kwame Mamdani. “Our Department of Consumer   shutdown this company and other predatory apps   city. DCWP leverages its authority to deliver real
            and Worker Protection is already cracking down on   should be on notice. If you scam your workers, we   economic relief to New Yorkers and protect them
            everything from baseless violations of the law to de-  will hold you and your executives accountable.”   from predatory, deceptive, and unfair practices that
            ceptive tricks that hurt our delivery workers — and   “We are so proud to welcome Commissioner   violate their consumer and workers’ rights. This
            showing what a government that puts working peo-  Levine to our worker center at the very start of his   includes pioneering cutting-edge protections, such
            ple first can accomplish every day.”         tenure and inspired by his decision to stand with   as the City’s Consumer Protection Law, Protected
                “We know affordability is not just about the cost   the 80,000 app delivery workers who are essential   Time Off Law, Fair Workweek Law, and Delivery
            of goods — it’s about the dignity of work. That’s why   to New York City’s economy and critical partners in   Worker Laws, including the Minimum Pay Rate for
            we have to make sure our deliveristas have safety on   enforcing the laws that protect all workers. This mo-  delivery workers.

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