New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration announced it has recovered more than $9 million in unpaid idling fines tied to Amazon's delivery network, the largest such collection from any single company under the city's idling laws.
The total included $6.88 million in Environmental Control Board judgment violations and another $2.15 million in pre-judgment fines, tied to vehicles operating through Amazon Logistics and its third-party contractors. "Amazon is worth $2 trillion. Yet, it did not deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust," Mamdani said, adding that no company "is above the law."
City law bars most vehicles from idling more than three minutes. The timing was pointed. The announcement landed a day after Amazon founder Jeff Bezos criticized New York City's taxes and school spending in a CNBC interview. An Amazon spokesperson said tracking gaps had prevented some fines from reaching the right contractors, and that a new process is now in place.
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