Mamdani Administration Endorses Bill Requiring E-Commerce Companies to Directly Hire Delivery Workers, Amazon-Backed Groups Push Back
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Mayor Mamdani's administration has officially endorsed Intro 518, the "delivery protection act," a City Council bill that would require e-commerce companies like Amazon to directly hire and pay delivery workers rather than using third-party contractors. Amazon-backed groups, including the New York Delivers coalition, bused dozens of Delivery Service Partner owners and employees to City Hall to oppose the bill, which aims to regulate the gig economy delivery sector and improve worker protections.
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New York Delivers — a coalition of various trade groups and powerful chambers of commerce in the five boroughs with ties to Amazon — bused in dozens of owners and employees of Amazon's so-called Delivery Service Partners to rally and testify at City Hall against Intro 518
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Amazon-backed groups bused dozens of people to City Hall to fight a Mamdani-backed proposal to regulate the e-commerce wild west.
