The Mamdani-City Council ‘Delivery Protection’ scheme is outright idiocy
Why are New York City politicians so confident in their ability to micromanage the private sector when so few of them have ever held an adult job there? Mayor Zohran Mamdani just gave his backing to the Teamsters-supported Delivery Protection Act, which would force Amazon to directly employ thousands of drivers and warehouse workers.
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Why are New York City politicians so confident in their ability to micromanage the private sector when so few of them have ever held an adult job there? Mayor Zohran Mamdani just gave his backing to the Teamsters-supported Delivery Protection Act, which would force Amazon to directly employ thousands of drivers and warehouse workers. The bill bans the use of third-party contractors to handle “last-mile” deliveries, but it’s hard to see what’s wrong with using contractors to save money — when the city itself contracts out billions in social-services work. For all the talk about affordability, this would cost New Yorkers hundreds of dollars a year in higher delivery costs, because Amazon won’t eat the added expense.
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- Why are New York City politicians so confident in their ability to micromanage the private sector when so few of them have ever held an adult job there? Mayor Zohran Mamdani just gave his backing to the Teamsters-supported Delivery Protection Act, which would force Amazon to directly employ thousands of drivers and warehouse workers.
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The Mamdani-City Council ‘Delivery Protection’ scheme is outright idiocy
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