NYC Mayor Adams Claims He'll Create a "Department of Sustainable Delivery"

26 Jan 2024 | Abstracted from Streetsblog

...oversight of the largely exploitative and dangerous industry is spread across several city agencies...delivery workers quickly shifted from slower electric bikes to heavier and faster gas-powered mopeds amid the lithium-ion battery crisis last year.

"The new department would run proposed delivery "micro-hubs..."

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