""Last-mile facilities frequently subcontract much of their core delivery work instead of hiring their own employees to do the work. This model externalizes costs, as well as liabilities, which can lead to labor violations and the exploitation of workers in unsafe working environments.""
""The streets surrounding 14 out of the 18 newest last-mile warehouses experienced a 10-percent increase in crashes, the city comptroller's office reported last year. In Maspeth, Queens, crashes rose by 53 percent and 48 percent, respectively, around two DSP locations.""
A coalition named New York Delivers, linked to Amazon, mobilized against a City Council bill mandating e-commerce companies to directly hire delivery workers. The bill, known as Intro 518 or the 'delivery protection act,' aims to address worker exploitation and safety issues stemming from the current third-party employment model. Testimonies highlighted that this model leads to labor violations and unsafe working conditions, with a significant increase in delivery-related crashes reported around last-mile warehouses.
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