"The e-commerce boom that began during the pandemic has led to a different kind of ailment in industrial neighborhoods with double-digit-percent increases in injury-causing traffic crashes near new last-mile warehouses, Comptroller Brad Lander charged in a report released on Monday. Eighteen of the facilities opened since 2015 - 11 since 2020 - clustered in neighborhoods like East New York and Red Hook in Brooklyn and Maspeth in Queens."
"There was an average increase in crashes of 10 percent in the streets surrounding 14 out of the 18 sites. Maspeth, Queens has fared the worst. In areas near its two last-mile facilities, crashes rose by 53 percent and 48 percent, respectively. And truck-involved crashes show that these warehouses bring a whole new type of danger to an area. Within the same half-mile radius of the 18 sites, injury-causing crashes involving trucks grew by 137 percent."
An e-commerce boom beginning during the pandemic produced a wave of last-mile warehouses in New York City industrial neighborhoods. Eighteen facilities opened since 2015, including eleven since 2020, clustered in East New York, Red Hook, and Maspeth. Most sites are owned by Amazon and use subcontracted Delivery Service Providers to operate vans and trucks. Subcontracted delivery models have been accused of skirting safety in favor of profit. Injury-causing crashes rose by an average of 10 percent near 14 of the 18 sites, with truck-involved crashes up 137 percent within a half-mile. The Delivery Protection Act would require e-commerce companies to directly hire delivery drivers to improve accountability and safety.
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