Mamdani and the Teamsters rally at City Hall for the Delivery Protection Act as Amazon spends millions against it

The fight over how Amazon and other companies get packages to New Yorkers' doors moves to the steps of City Hall on Thursday. Supporters of the Delivery Protection Act scheduled a rally for 10:30 a.m., and Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to join Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien, Queens Council Member Tiffany Cabán, the bill's sponsor, and other labor leaders, amNewYork reported. Consumer and Worker Protection Commissioner Sam Levine is also expected.

What the bill would do

• Licenses: operators of certain last-mile delivery facilities, the warehouses where packages are sorted for the final leg, would need a license from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and would have to meet safety, training and employment standards.
• Direct employment: after a phase-in period, operators would generally have to employ the workers doing core warehouse and delivery jobs themselves, rather than relying on third-party contractors. Amazon's vans are largely driven by employees of independent "delivery service partners."

Where it stands

The bill has 34 sponsors, well above the 26 votes needed to pass, but has stayed in committee since an April hearing, according to amNewYork. (City & State counted Cabán and 32 colleagues.) Speaker Julie Menin has not said publicly whether she supports it. Asked whether it would get a vote, a Council spokesperson told amNewYork only that the bill "is going through the Council's legislative process."

Mamdani, who endorsed the bill in August, accused Amazon on Tuesday of spending heavily "to fear-monger" about it, citing ads on streaming services. Asked whether the bill could cost jobs, he said it would lead to "better protections for workers."

The opposition

State lobbying disclosures show Amazon gave $5,001,377 to the Five Boroughs Jobs Campaign between February and May, and the campaign reported more than $5 million in lobbying expenses in the first half of 2026, naming the bill as a target, amNewYork reported. Amazon says the bill would threaten more than 40 local delivery partners and the jobs of more than 5,000 people they employ; an analysis commissioned by the campaign put the number of jobs at risk above 10,000.

The National Urban League has come out against the bill, its president, Marc Morial, telling City & State that it would wipe out Black-owned delivery businesses that contract with Amazon. The group's website lists Amazon among its top-tier donors, City & State noted. Two Bronx delivery contractors also warned the bill could put their operations at risk, amNewYork's sister paper, the Bronx Times, reported.

Supporters point to street safety as well as labor conditions: a September analysis by the advocacy group ALIGN counted 14,210 traffic violations tied to Amazon-related vehicles in the city from July 2021 to June 2025. Amazon says its delivery partners are responsible for following traffic laws and that it works with them on safety.