New York City workers as well as delivery service workers in major cities across the country have difficulties delivering packages to buildings with several stories that do not have package rooms. In addition these same workers are getting in trouble due to the uprise in package theft across the country, and due to the rising popularity of online shopping due to COVID-19 heavy packages are being hauled up several flights of stairs for the many buildings in the city that do not have doormen, a receptionist desk, or the bare minimum: a secure package area/room.
If it was a local requirement to have a package area in a building even if it was just a small area if not a whole room it would vastly decrease the amount of package theft but it would also reduce the stress of postal workers, Amazon delivery workers, FedEx workers, Postal workers and UPS workers as they will no longer have to walk up several flights of stairs to deliver directly to the customers door, and no longer have the stress of worrying about whether the customer will receive the package or not.
This will also be beneficial to the locals renting apartments because they no longer have to worry about their packages being stolen if they are not home. In addition it will increase the delivery speed and efficiency of deliveries getting packages to locals significantly quicker.
If every building had if not a receptionist desk or a door man, but at bare minimum a secure locker/package room/area (even just a space less than 10sq ft in size with a keypad lock or something similar) we can make a big impact on not only the way packages are secured, but the physical and mental health of our delivery workers, and the rising number package theft.
If you wish to support this here's the petition: https://chng.it/szzJb42n8y