DCWP Sues Motoclick and CEO, Warns Delivery Apps to Comply With Worker Protections

On January 15, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Sam Levine filed a lawsuit against predatory delivery app Motoclick for egregiously violating the City’s Delivery Worker Laws. Motoclick, which operates a restaurant-facing delivery service, blatantly ignored the Minimum Pay Rate and stole directly from workers’ paychecks, including charging workers a $10 fee for canceled orders and sometimes claiming that workers owed the company money. DCWP estimates that Motoclick and its CEO owe workers millions in stolen pay and damages and seeks to shut the company down completely.

DCWP also sent notices to prominent delivery apps like Instacart, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber, warning them to adhere to the new Delivery Worker Laws taking effect on January 26. DCWP will continue to crack down on predatory delivery apps and hold companies accountable for ripping off hardworking New Yorkers.