NYC Battles Porch Pirates With Public Lockers [VIDEO]

Gothamist reports:

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.

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.

Read the full article. The mayor’s office hasn’t said how long the lockers will be free.

Our LockerNYC pilot program is helping us deliver on two of our goals for New Yorkers: fighting crime and cutting down on our emissions.

These free lockers take your mind off worrying about porch pirates AND cut down on delivery truck traffic.

Details: https://t.co/WDf5gUGMcA

— NYC Mayor’s Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) April 10, 2024