NYC Delivery Workers Banding Together To Protect Each Other From Becoming Targets Of Violent Crimes

CBS New York

October 15, 2021

In the worst of the pandemic, with New York City on lockdown, an army of 65,000 delivery workers on bikes kept the city fed, often risking their lives, but many of them have become targets of violent criminals.

CBS2’s Maurice DuBois spoke to some of these workers about the service they perform and how they’re banding together to stay safe.

A dark, isolated stretch along the Willis Avenue Bridge connecting Manhattan and the Bronx is the perfect spot for an attack on food delivery workers. It’s where thieves ambushed one man, beat his face and made off with his livelihood — a $2,000 electric bike.

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