Amazon has warned that it could close more than a dozen of its New York City warehouses and move thousands of workers out of the city if the Delivery Protection Act becomes law, the New York Post reported in an exclusive on Friday.
The bill, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, would require Amazon to directly hire more than 5,000 delivery workers who currently work for about 40 third-party contractors.
Industry experts told the Post that Amazon could close all 15 of its last-mile facilities in the city, putting roughly 2,000 additional warehouse jobs at risk. They pointed to Quebec, where Amazon shut seven warehouses in early 2025 during a labour dispute, costing about 1,900 workers and 2,800 delivery contractors their jobs.
The warning sets up a direct confrontation between City Hall and one of the city's largest private employers over who counts as an Amazon employee — a question with consequences for pay, benefits and job security for thousands of New York delivery drivers.
Amazon had not publicly confirmed the closure scenario in its own statements at the time of the Post's report, and the bill's path through the legislative process is still unfolding.
