How Amazon Landed on Mamdani’s Labor Agenda

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing a bill that would challenge the subcontractor model Amazon relies on for last-mile deliveries, and the company is spending millions to fight it.
On today’s Big Take podcast, reporters Spencer Soper and Josh Eidelson unpack what this bill could mean for the delivery drivers — and corporate America’s reliance on subcontractors more broadly.
Read more:
• Amazon Is in the Crosshairs of Mamdani’s Worker Agenda (bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-11/amazon-…)
• What Trump Delivered for Amazon (bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-02/amazon-…)
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