Zohran Mamdani Is From Government, Here To Help New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani secured an $875,000 settlement with the food delivery app ‘Hungry Panda’ for overcharging small restaurants with hidden fees. To announce the news, Mamdani held a press conference at the Prospect Park Zoo’s red panda exhibit, highlighting his knack for social media engagement. This is the second settlement with Hungry Panda, which previously paid $5.1 million to delivery workers for minimum compensation violations.

• New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an $875,000 settlement with food delivery app ‘Hungry Panda’ for overcharging restaurants.
• The announcement was made at the Prospect Park Zoo’s red panda exhibit, a creative choice for media attention.
• Hungry Panda must pay $580,000 in restitution to over 380 restaurants and $294,000 in civil penalties to the city.
• This is the second settlement with Hungry Panda, which previously settled for $5.1 million regarding delivery worker compensation.
• The mayor’s office also released a video about new laws addressing long-standing scaffolding issues, made with filmmaker John Wilson.
• Former Mayor Eric Adams officially became an Albanian.