Bloomberg’s expose on how the rollout of Amazon’s same-day delivery service was carefully avoiding predominantly black neighborhoods in many major metropolitan areas continues to wield influence. The etailer promised local politicians it will correct those gaps in Chicago and New York’s The Bronx “in coming weeks,” following a pledge to do the same in Roxbury, MA. Those promises come after Illinois Congressman Bobby Rush asked for an FTC investigation, and Bronx Borough president Ruben Diaz Jr. and NYS council Jeffrey Dinowitz complained as well. An Amazon spokesperson tells USA Today by email they are working on extending the service to other […]
