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As NYC Debates Amazon’s Delivery Model, Its Partner Fires 200 E-Bike Workers

Just as the City Council debates reining in Amazon's business practices, the delivery giant threw workers of the job after canceling its contract with a Manhattan subcontractor.

Sophia Lebowitz

November 12, 2026

As NYC Debates Amazon’s Delivery Model, Its Partner Fires 200 E-Bike Workers

Bed-Stuy

Brooklyn’s New Bike Boulevards Will Benefit the 90 Percent of Residents Who Don’t Drive To Work

Nine out of ten Brooklynites living around the proposed bike route commute to work without a car, but lazy reporters would rather write a "neighborhood divided" piece with no context.

Dave Colon

November 12, 2026

Delivery

GET OUT: E-Bike Battery Fires are a Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore

New York City must confiscate sub-standard ebike batteries that cause deadly fires. A surcharge could pay for the sweep.

Charles Komanoff

November 12, 2026

Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Talk BQE Edition

Now's your chance to speak out against the mayor's plan to keep the BQE in place for another half-century. Plus the news.

David Meyer

November 12, 2026

Congestion Pricing

Feds Characterize Trump As Mercurial King In Latest Bid to End Congestion Pricing

The federal government insists that you can't count on the federal government to keep its word.

Dave Colon

November 11, 2026

Automated Enforcement

Cycle of Rage: DOT Issues Placards But Claims It Can’t Revoke Them For Reckless Driving

The city issues placards. The placard holder drives recklessly in school zones. The city claims it can't revoke the placard. Come on, people!

Gersh Kuntzman

November 11, 2026

Today's Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines: The Phantom Menin Edition

What will happen with the Council's "Delivery Protection Act"? It's up to the Phantom Menin. Plus other news.

Gersh Kuntzman

November 11, 2026

Curb management

Lower Manhattanites Call for Parking Placard Purge

"Such a system cannot be repaired — it must be replaced": Lower Manhattan won't get safe streets until Mayor Mamdani confronts the placard class, locals say.