The wave of migrants flooding into the city has sparked a black market economy for food delivery workers – with major apps like Doordash and UberEats taking advantage of the influx despite strict rules that prohibit hiring them, The Post has learned.
The food delivery apps have boomed since the pandemic, generating $217.6 billion in revenue last year, compared to $91.4 billion in 2019, according to business data platform Statista. Tacam, the veteran Doordasher, is one of at least 200 delivery workers who have been kicked off the apps this year, according to the group. The city agency that regulates delivery workers is now investigating 19 complaints of non-payment by Doordash, said a spokesman for the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.“We strongly reject these false and baseless allegations being peddled,” a Doordash spokesperson told The Post.
The app companies denied they are turning a blind eye to those breaking their account sharing rules, but admitted the workaround can’t be entirely stopped.