PACKAGE THEFT

90,000 packages are reported stolen or lost in New York City every single day — and South Brooklyn’s dense apartment buildings, many without secure mailrooms or doormen, are among the most vulnerable. Our residents deserve a safe place to receive what they ordered.

What We Will Do

Expand LockerNYC secure delivery lockers throughout SD-17. The city’s free LockerNYC program, operated by NYC DOT and GoLocker, already accepts all major carriers — USPS, UPS, FedEx, DHL — and has a site in Sunset Park. But SD-17 is underserved. Package theft costs Americans $16 billion annually, and our older apartment buildings without secure mailrooms are the most vulnerable. We will push NYC DOT to use NYPD theft data to prioritize SD-17 — particularly senior-heavy buildings, dense residential blocks, libraries, and pharmacies — before the DOT’s 2026 program review locks in permanent sites.

Make the lockers accessible to everyone — multilingual, ADA-ready, and welcoming to all residents. Sign-up is currently English-only and online, cutting out much of our 55% foreign-born community. We will require multilingual interfaces and in-person sign-up support in Cantonese, Mandarin, Russian, and Spanish at all SD-17 sites, coordinated through existing immigrant-serving organizations and senior centers.