‘Unhappy’ with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s labour bill, Amazon threatens to take 5,000 delivery jobs out of the city; and experts point to what the company did in Canada when…

Amazon has warned it could shut down more than a dozen warehouses and move thousands of delivery jobs out of New York City over the Delivery Protection Act, a labour bill championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Industry analysts caution that the retail giant is very likely to follow through on the threat if the legislation passes, pointing to a recent decision where the company shuttered facilities in Canada rather than compromise on its logistics model. The proposed legislation would mandate that Amazon directly employ upwards of 5,000 delivery drivers across the five boroughs who currently work for independent third-party contractors.