Delivery
NYS Moves Ahead on Requiring Delivery Apps to Provide Insurance for Workers
Speed limits are fine, but what will really help crash victims is insurance.
Amy Sohn
June 16, 2025
How an Ex-Delivery Worker Upended NYC’s Streets
Ou Zhou has hit it big selling fast, low-cost electric bikes and mopeds to delivery workers, transforming New York City streets in the process. But can his empire survive?
January 31, 2025
Q&A: This CEO Has Lessons For E-Bike Regulation
Company CEO Mike Peregudov sits down with Streetsblog to talk about his industry and why putting license plates on e-bikes is a non-starter.
January 30, 2025
Astro-Turf: Industry Group Says Fair Pay For Delivery Workers Means Higher Grocery Prices
An app industry-supported group is trying to sway the conversation around expanding the delivery worker minimum wage.
December 11, 2024
Close the ‘Instacart Loophole’: NYC Pols May Expand Minimum Wage to Grocery Delivery Workers
Grocery delivery app companies like Instacart currently do not have to pay their workers the deliverista minimum wage.
December 4, 2024
NYC DOT E-Bike Charging Pilot is a Success as City Plans More
"The goal should be to increase e-bike usage and to make sure battery charging and storage is done outside of dangerous areas," one charging advocate said.
November 25, 2024
Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Shows Promise … For Some, Data Shows
New data from New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection shows minimum wage is bringing order to a previously wild industry.
July 15, 2024
The E-Commerce Explosion is Making Roads More Dangerous
And can advanced technology stop the bloodshed?
May 6, 2024
‘Buy, Bully, Bamboozle’: Report Shows App Companies Threaten Democracy
App delivery companies seek to block worker-led improvements by spending big money on political influence, leveraging their data, and even co-opting progressive language, argues a new report that lands days before a national one-day strike by app-workers.
April 29, 2024
NYC Debuts Public E-Bike Charging for Delivery Workers
Finally, they’re taking charge! The city’s first public e-bike charging station opened in Cooper Square on Thursday — the start of an overdue six-month pilot that is part of a “Charge Safe Ride Safe Action Plan” for delivery workers that Mayor Adams announced last year.
March 1, 2024
