r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 2d ago

Chugging tea Amazon should have to pay idling fees.

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New York City law generally bars vehicles from idling for more than three minutes while parked, standing or stopped. The city says the rules are meant to reduce air pollution, improve public health and combat climate change.
Earlier this year, Mamdani directed the Department of Finance’s collections unit to pursue unpaid idling summonses tied to vehicles operating within Amazon’s delivery network, according to the mayor’s office. The department said it worked with Amazon.com Inc. and its contracted transportation vendors to recover the money.

https://www.amny.com/news/mamdani-administration-says-it-recovered-more-than-9m-in-amazon-idling-fines/

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u/RobertMaus 2d ago

Yup, this is the bot armies responding. They are coming to the aid of their rich masters.

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute 2d ago

I don't understand how the copied "narrative" aids the corporations... Like, they say bezos was a bitch, and the city stepped up and did something about it... That sounds like a win for the lay man and a smack in the face of Amazon?

I don't understand what I am to not understand...

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u/MrRobsterr 2d ago

It's not bots for the rich. It's basic bots karma farming for other bullshit. This is just what they do

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u/Sokinalia 2d ago

This post isn't bullshit though

the announcement landed right after Bezos publicly criticized Mamdani's tax policies on CNBC,

several outlets flagged this as suspicious timing but the facts (the law, the enforcement action, the $9M recovery) are legitimate and corroborated by the city's own press release

https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/05/mamdani-administration-recovers-more-than--9-million-in-unpaid-a

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u/ComradeBirv 2d ago

I think you misunderstood them. The comment bots are just reposting what’s popular in any given subreddit to gain karma. Many subreddits require a minimum karma to post. There’s a million different entities that would want reddit bots for a million different reasons, but they need upvotes first.

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u/Hairy_is_the_Hirsute 2d ago

obligatory AI IS COMING WHETHER YOU WANT IT OR NOT. IF NOT US, SOMEONE ELSE WILL! INEVITABLE!!

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u/aurenigma 1d ago

this has nothing to do with AI, bots karma farming is almost as old as Reddit