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NYC opens public lockers to stop daily theft of 90,000 packages

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Matt Katz

Published Apr 10, 2024

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Mayor Eric Adams, who called package theft a "New York nightmare," pledged to end it on Wednesday by opening parcel storage lockers at seven locations throughout the city.

“We want to send a message to the porch pirates that your days are over of sailing away with our packages,” the mayor said, noting that 90,000 packages are reported stolen every single day in the city.

Five of the seven LockerNYC locations are now open. Each has the capacity to hold 25 packages:

Through the program, LockerNYC, New Yorkers can have their packages shipped to secure sidewalk locations, like outside the Ideal Food Basket grocery store in Bedford-Stuyvesant where Adams held a press conference announcing the opening of the program. The city is partnering with a company, GoLocker. The program won’t cost the city anything, officials said.

Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said the program, first announced last year, also addresses climate change: By having one central location in a neighborhood, delivery trucks will make fewer trips. And fewer delivery trucks idling on sidewalks or double-parking also makes the city safer for pedestrians and cyclists, he said.

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