NYC delivery workers may soon have city-run spaces to rest and recharge their e-bikes

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Mayor Eric Adams and U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced the plan on Monday.

Food delivery workers may soon have access to designated rest stops across the city, with space to charge their bikes and warm up.Food delivery workers may soon have access to designated rest stops across the city, with space to charge their bikes and warm up.During rainy and snowy days, food delivery worker Gustavo Ajche struggles to find somewhere to shelter from the elements. Even when temperatures drop below freezing, he braves the cold to complete deliveries in Lower Manhattan.

Now, a $1 million grant from the federal government could mean that Ajche and the 65,000 other app-based food delivery workers in New York City will have access to hubs where they can get warm, charge their bikes, and rest between deliveries, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday. Schumer has recommended the funding be allocated in a spending package that’s pending approval in the Senate and is expected to pass in December.

 

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Some more E-bikes for crooks to steal an possibly assault the riders for there money n Dominos….

Yes great new hubs for the homeless to chill in

I’m glad for the workers but hate to see tax dollars yet again supporting shitty businesses that don’t provide support for these folks

That’s great. How about we also get them stop going through red lights, riding on sidewalks and just plain going in the wrong direction?

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