"The Queens legislator was asked the by the Downtown Democratic Coalition last week: how he would enforce laws against bike and e-vehicles. But instead of pandering, the Democratic mayoral nominee made his position clear: the way make the streets safe for both delivery riders and pedestrians is to ensure delivery apps can't push riders to make unsafe decisions on the street."
""They want to influence labor and street safety regulations because their algorithm for all of their delivery workers is one that pushes those workers to make as many deliveries as possible in a finite period of time," Mamdani said. "It is an algorithm that rewards the breaking of street safety regulations and one that hurts drivers, riders who actually follow the law, which would then take them more time.""
"The answer puts the likely next mayor firmly on the side of the workers who have been fighting with delivery companies for years over how to best ensure that deliveristas ride safely while at work. It also puts Mamdani decidedly on the side of the City Council, which has rumbled with delivery apps over a proposal to prevent unexplained lockouts and deactivations from apps,"
Zohran Mamdani argues that making streets safe for delivery riders and pedestrians requires addressing systemic drivers, especially delivery-app companies and their algorithms. He says DoorDash donated $1 million to a Super PAC affiliated with Andrew Cuomo during the primary. Mamdani asserts that app algorithms push workers to maximize deliveries in limited time, rewarding violations of street-safety rules and penalizing law-abiding riders. He calls for regulation of these algorithms so that legal, safe behavior is incentivized. Mamdani aligns with City Council efforts to prevent unexplained app deactivations and to require safety equipment and training for riders.
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