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New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has collected $9m (£6.6m) in unpaid fines from Amazon, which has been violating clean air regulations by leaving engines running on its parked vehicles (www.nyc.gov)
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[–] Denvil@piefed.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Amazon made 80 billion in operational income (after all expenses, pre-tax) in 2025, this is 0.001% of that. It's like fining a person making $31k a year $3.10.

Any fines that go towards the people are good fines for a company like Amazon, but it's not enough

[–] artyom@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think you may have replied to the wrong person.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think it's to suggest that this fine won't do anything to motivate Amazon to go full electric.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

It will, along with many many other factors that are already driving the transition.

[–] Denvil@piefed.world 0 points 1 month ago

That is what I was suggesting