, claiming that the company failed to protect warehouse workers at facilities in Queens and Staten Island during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing inadequate health and safety protections in those facilities. As reported below, Amazon sued James last week in an attempt to preempt charges such as these, and to Tuesday’s suit that James’ claims didn’t represent an accurate picture of the company’s pandemic response.
In early March 2020, when little was still known about the new coronavirus, state and federal health authorities issued some broad guidance. Wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your face, keep a few feet of distance between yourself and others.
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The debate in front of a Hamburg Industrial Development Agency public hearing dragged on for hours and the agency will meet next week for a possible decision. The $47 million warehouse would have around a hundred full and part-time Amazon workers supplying hundreds of independent truck driver contractors who will deliver that last mile.
Executive Director Sean Doyle says there is a price from the taxpayers. Any amount not to exceed $6,848,345. This assistance contemplated by the agency will include mortgage tax abatements, sales tax exemption on the materials and/or equipment purchased for installation into the property and real property abatements, tax abatements, Doyle said.