The $1 million plan is meant to help the city’s growing population of delivery workers.
The delivery workers that NYC relies on may soon get what they deserve — spaces to rest , reload , and ( at least during the wintertime months ) get some shelter between saving .
US Senator Chuck Schumer and Mayor Eric Adams foretell on Monday a proposed $ 1 million Ulysses S. Grant to turn old and abandoned newsstands and other empty spaces into hub for delivery workers .
Inside the dedicated spaces , workers would be capable to take a break while hold off for the next delivery job . The hubs would also be fit out with charging Stations of the Cross for electrical bikes as well as bike tools , and they ’d render a safe shelter to confront winter ’s worst experimental condition . The number of hubs that would eventually be built in the pilot burner program is still to be determined .
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The hub would also solve a safety business concern unite to possible fervour hazards . Charging e - bikes at the Stations of the Cross would assist take down the hazard of in - house fire for livery workers who are impel to recharge their cycle overnight . As Adams pointed out , the hubs would keep up the standard set by the FDNY and the city building department , and they would be built follow exacting safety protocols .
Right now , the funding is pending approving . It will be portray to the Senate in a spending bundle that ’s expected to go through in December . According to city parks department commissioner Sue Donoghue , if the plan is successful and gets the funding it necessitate , it will still need to be approved by NYC ’s Franchise and Concession Review Committee , Gothamistreports .
" These are essential services , and we ’re live on to go forward to assure that they have the substructure to carry out what they need to do their duties , " Adams read at a news group discussion on Monday . " This is the beginning of re - examining our street article of furniture and our street design so that we can use the base in the correct way . "
