DoorDash delivery workers who made deliveries in New York State between May 2017 and September 2019 were covered by the New York Attorney General’s $16.75 million tip settlement, and checks are now going to Dashers found to be owed $100 or more. The claim deadline passed on February 13, 2026, so no new claims are being accepted.
What Is This About?
The Office of the New York State Attorney General and DoorDash, Inc. signed an Assurance of Discontinuance — Assurance No. 25-007 — that took effect on February 24, 2025. DoorDash agreed to pay $16,750,000, and the agreement says all of it will be distributed as restitution to Dashers affected between approximately May 2017 and September 2019. The Attorney General’s Labor Bureau accepted the agreement instead of filing a lawsuit.Twenty months later, the money is moving. The official settlement website now says the claim deadline, extended to February 13, 2026, has closed, and that Atticus Administration “is in the process of delivering payments by check” to Dashers the Attorney General determined are owed $100 or more. DoorDash did not admit the Attorney General’s findings.
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What the Attorney General Found
According to the Assurance, DoorDash used a “Guaranteed Pay Model” during the relevant period. When a Dasher was offered an order, the app showed a guaranteed amount for the delivery. Under the formula the Attorney General describes, DoorDash paid the Dasher $1 plus whatever was left of the guaranteed amount after subtracting the customer’s tip. The bigger the tip, the less DoorDash itself paid.The Assurance gives a worked example for a $10 guaranteed delivery. With no tip, DoorDash paid $10. With a $3 tip, DoorDash paid $7. With a $6 tip, DoorDash paid $4. With a $9 tip, DoorDash paid $1. In each of those cases the Dasher took home $10. Only when the tip pushed past the guarantee — an $11 tip in the example — did the Dasher earn more, and then only $12. The Attorney General concluded that “for the typical order, the consumer’s tip made no difference at all to the Dasher’s pay.”
The Attorney General found that DoorDash made misleading and ambiguous statements to customers and Dashers about how tips worked, in violation of New York Executive Law §63(12) and General Business Law §349. The Assurance says more than 1.6 million customers received deliveries from about 85,000 Dashers during the period. DoorDash does not admit the findings or the alleged violations.
Who Gets Paid and How
The Assurance gives the Attorney General sole discretion to decide which Dashers are eligible and how much each one receives, based on records DoorDash provided. No money reverts to DoorDash. The settlement website’s FAQ adds that a Dasher’s unpaid tips during the period had to total at least $10 to qualify for a payment.Eligible Dashers were notified by text, email or mail starting in April 2025 and were sent a Claimant ID. Claims were filed with that ID and the Dasher’s DoorDash ID, online or by mail. The original deadline was later extended to February 13, 2026.
The fund itself is not reduced for administration. DoorDash agreed to pay up to $1 million in administrator costs on top of the $16.75 million, and if those costs come in under $1 million, up to $250,000 of the unused amount goes to the Attorney General for further distribution to Dashers.
What Happens to Uncashed Checks
The settlement website says checks that are not cashed in time — along with all unclaimed awards under $100 — will be turned over to the unclaimed property division of the state where the Dasher last lived. The website notes that claiming money from a state unclaimed property office can take one to five years, depending on the state. The site also says amounts owed for New York child support or other judgments may be subtracted from an award, with notice from the relevant state agency.What DoorDash Has to Change
Beyond the payment, the Assurance requires DoorDash, for orders placed by customers in New York, to keep a pay model in which tips go to Dashers in full and a tip has no effect on what DoorDash itself pays for that order. DoorDash may change that model to comply with or respond to changes in the law, but only after giving the Attorney General advance notice. Other terms include:- Before accepting an order, Dashers must see the estimated distance and the minimum pay DoorDash guarantees.
- Dashers can view their Dash History — DoorDash pay versus customer tips — in the app for at least five months (up to 200 sessions), and can request four years of history and delivery records.
- Dashers outside New York City’s minimum pay rule get an itemized summary after each session showing base pay, DoorDash’s other pay components and the customer tip.
- DoorDash must certify its compliance to the Attorney General every six months for three years.
Not the Same as the NYC DoorDash Settlement
New York Dashers may be part of two different DoorDash settlements. This one is a State Attorney General matter about tips on deliveries made anywhere in New York State from 2017 to 2019, and its claim period is over. The separate $131.5 million New York City settlement with the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection covers NYC delivery worker pay from April 2022 onward and pays eligible workers automatically. Illinois reached its own $11.25 million DoorDash tip settlement over the same pay model.Questions
Is the New York DoorDash tip settlement a class action?
No. It is an Assurance of Discontinuance, Assurance No. 25-007, signed by the New York Attorney General’s Labor Bureau and DoorDash with an effective date of February 24, 2025. The Attorney General accepted it in place of filing a lawsuit, so there is no court case number, no class and no judge approving payments. The Attorney General decides who is eligible and how much each Dasher receives.
Can I still file a claim in the New York DoorDash settlement?
No. The claim deadline was extended to February 13, 2026, and the official settlement website says the claim filing period has ended. Payments are now being made only to Dashers who were found eligible.
How are New York DoorDash settlement payments being sent?
The official settlement website says Atticus Administration is delivering payments by check to Dashers the Attorney General determined are owed $100 or more. If those checks are not cashed in time, the money, along with unclaimed awards under $100, goes to the unclaimed property division of the state where the Dasher last lived.
How is this different from the NYC DoorDash settlement?
They are separate cases. The $16.75 million settlement is a New York State Attorney General matter covering tips on deliveries anywhere in New York State from May 2017 to September 2019. The $131.5 million New York City settlement is a Department of Consumer and Worker Protection consent order covering NYC delivery worker pay from April 2022 onward, with automatic payments beginning in late October 2026.
Did DoorDash admit wrongdoing in the New York tip settlement?
No. The Assurance states that DoorDash does not admit the Attorney General’s findings or the alleged violations of New York Executive Law §63(12) and General Business Law §349.
Sources
• Office of the New York State Attorney General and DoorDash, Inc. — Assurance of Discontinuance, Assurance No. 25-007 (effective February 24, 2025)• NY AG v. DoorDash Settlement — official settlement website, home page, FAQ and important dates (accessed October 21, 2026)
• NY AG v. DoorDash Settlement — mailed settlement-payment notice (PDF) (April 25, 2025)
• Office of the New York State Attorney General — Attorney General James Secures $16.75 Million from DoorDash for Cheating Delivery Workers (February 2025)
• Office of the New York State Attorney General — DoorDash settlement information page
