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Council To Close Instacart Loophole, Pass Delivery Industry Regulation Bills
The City Council will vote on Monday to close the "Instacart loophole" and force all app companies to pay workers a minimum wage.
Money for Something: Funding OK’d, But Details Missing For ‘Dept. Of Sustainable Delivery’
The mayor got the Council to sign off on $6.1 million for the long-awaited “Department of Sustainable Delivery." But what's it mean? No one is talking.
DoorDash Lobbying Sunk Bill to Require Apps to Insure Delivery Workers
A secret memo from the rich app company described a simple insurance bill as "costly." And legislators fell into line.
Monday’s Headlines: City Hall Handshake Edition
The Department of Sustainable Delivery finally has funding ... but for what? Plus more news.
EXCLUSIVE: Council Will Force Apps To Fund Safe E-Bikes for Workers
The City Council is set to pass a bill on Monday that will make app companies responsible for their workers using safe e-bikes.
Small ‘Wonder’: Delivery Workers Protest Deactivations By New Food App Power Player
More than 50 delivery workers have had their accounts deactivated by Grubhub in the past two weeks — and they're blaming the company's new owner, a booming new player called Wonder.
Senate Votes to Require Delivery Apps to Provide Insurance for Workers
Speed limits are fine, but what will really help crash victims is insurance.
Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush
Council members want Speaker Adrienne Adams to act, but she doesn't want to.
Quiet Desperation: NYPD’s Tisch Didn’t Tell DOT About Her Crackdown on Cycling
The NYPD commissioner did not inform her counterpart at the Department of Transportation that police would begin issuing criminal summonses to cyclists.
Lander, Labor Activists Slam Cuomo After ‘Goliath’ DoorDash Gives $1M
The donation from the the app company is seen as a way of influencing a possible future mayor to side with the tech giant.
