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Ep. 111. The Case of App-Based Delivery Workers in New York City

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The delivery industry boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York City, the engine of this expansion was app-based delivery workers, many of whom are immigrants. On this episode of Policy Outsider, Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy Deputy Director & Intergovernmental Liaison Guillermo Martinez interviews Rockefeller Institute Director of Labor Policy Maria Figueroa about her research into the efforts of these workers to secure improved working conditions and compensation.

Guests

  • Guillermo Martinez, Deputy Director & Intergovernmental Liaison, Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy
  • Maria Figueroa, Director of Labor Policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government

Learn More

  • View Maria's presentation at the Institute on Immigrant Integration's 2025 annual conference, "Engineering Cohesive Communities: Social Integration of Foreign-Born Americans."
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The delivery industry boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In New York City, the engine of this expansion was app-based delivery workers, many of whom are immigrants. On this episode of Policy Outsider, Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy Deputy Director & Intergovernmental Liaison Guillermo Martinez interviews Rockefeller Institute Director of Labor Policy Maria Figueroa about her research into the efforts of these workers to secure improved working conditions and compensation.

Guests

  • Guillermo Martinez, Deputy Director & Intergovernmental Liaison, Institute on Immigrant Integration Research and Policy
  • Maria Figueroa, Director of Labor Policy, Rockefeller Institute of Government

Learn More

  • View Maria's presentation at the Institute on Immigrant Integration's 2025 annual conference, "Engineering Cohesive Communities: Social Integration of Foreign-Born Americans."
  continue reading

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