Enlarge / Amazon employees protest over conditions at the company's Staten Island distribution facility on March 30, 2020. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
New York Attorney General Letitia James hasn't been impressed with Amazon's response to the coronavirus crisis.
"While we continue to investigate, the information so far available to us raises concerns that Amazon's health and safety measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are so inadequate that they may violate several provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act," James' staff wrote in an April 22 letter first obtained by National Public Radio.
The crisis has produced surging demand for Amazon's delivery services. But as Amazon has hired an extra 175,000 people to help fill orders, it has also faced criticism about its safety practices. Last month, a number of workers (Amazon counted 15, organizers claimed 60) protested outside a massive Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island. Amazon has also seen sporadic online protests in recent weeks.
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