"NYC sues delivery app Motoclick, warns other apps to comply with new worker protection laws", 15 January 2026

New York City filed a lawsuit Thursday against delivery app Motoclick and its CEO for allegedly violating the city’s delivery worker laws, as part of a broader effort to hold delivery platforms accountable for protecting workers’ rights.

Motoclick, which operates a restaurant-facing delivery service, allegedly ignored the city’s minimum pay rate and stole money directly from workers’ paychecks, according to the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP).

Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined DCWP Commissioner Samuel Levine, Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su, and worker advocates to announce the lawsuit and a new enforcement push aimed at ensuring compliance with new delivery worker protection laws set to take effect Jan. 26.

These laws will mandate all delivery apps to include a tipping option at check out.

Earlier this week, DCWP released a report revealing how design changes by Uber Eats and DoorDash caused delivery workers to lose over $550 million in tips.

The report found that after these apps moved tipping prompts to after checkout, average tips dropped to just 76 cents per delivery on average, compared to over $2 on apps that kept tipping options upfront. The losses amount to about $5,800 per worker annually...