Amazon Settles Lawsuit Over Claims of Slow Deliveries to Low-Income Areas NYT - Technology By: David McCabe 1 October 2026 at 19:17 The tech giant will refund $7.25 million in Prime membership fees to affected customers and pay an additional $1 million to settle the suit brought by the District of Columbia. Β© Lucia Vazquez for The New York TimesThe District of Columbiaβs attorney general said in a 2024 lawsuit that Amazon had excluded two ZIP codes from its in-house Prime delivery services.