Legislation Details

File #: Int 1143-2026    Version: * Name: A citywide parcel locker program.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 10/22/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a citywide parcel locker program
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Lincoln Restler
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) to establish a program to install parcel lockers in each council district within 5 years. The bill would also require DOT to identify criteria to select parcel locker sites, develop standards and specifications for parcel lockers, maintain a map and list of sites on its website, and report to the Mayor and the Council on how the parcel lockers have performed. The bill would authorize DOT to select a third-party operator to maintain and install parcel lockers.
Indexes: Agency Rule-making Required, Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1143, 2. Int. No. 1143, 3. Memorandum in Support

Int. No. 1143

 

By Council Members Hudson and Restler

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a citywide parcel locker program

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-128.2 to read as follows:

§ 19-128.2 Citywide parcel locker program. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Parcel locker. The term “parcel locker” means a self-service storage container, comprised of enclosed modular or single units, that temporarily secures and stores packages delivered by a common carrier for delivery to or from a natural person.

Third-party operator. The term “third-party operator” means a person that operates 1 or more parcel lockers.

b. Citywide expansion. The department shall establish a program for the installation of no fewer than 10 parcel lockers in each council district, to be installed within 5 years of the effective date of this section at a rate of no fewer than 2 parcel lockers per council district per year. The department may designate a third-party operator for the installation, operation, and maintenance of such parcel lockers. In selecting locations for such parcel lockers, the department shall consider, but not be limited to, the following:

1. Package theft data;

2. Security in the surrounding area, including but not limited to lighting availability;

3. Residential density;

4. Proximity to commercial loading zones and delivery microhub zones; and

5. Accessibility to people with disabilities.

c. Locker specifications. The department shall promulgate rules regarding standards and specifications for the size, shape, appearance, and functionality of parcel lockers.

d. Website. The department shall post on its website and update every month a list of parcel lockers installed pursuant to the program established by this section and any temporary or permanent deactivations of such parcel lockers. Such list shall include, at minimum, an address for each parcel locker and a name or description of the building at which such parcel locker is located. The department shall additionally post on its website a map that displays each parcel locker installed pursuant to the program established by this section.

e. Reports. The commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post on the department’s website 2 reports evaluating the program established by this section. The first such report shall be due no later than January 1, 2027, and the second such report shall be due no later than August 1, 2029. Each such report shall include, but need not be limited to:

1. The date and location of each parcel locker installation completed;

2. The number of parcel locker locations in each council district;

3. An evaluation of reported package thefts at parcel locker locations;

4. An evaluation of reported package thefts in proximity to such parcel locker locations;

5. Data detailing usage at each parcel locker, including the number of unique users, total number of uses, duration of locker occupancy, package volume, delivery frequency, and user demand;

6. Recommendations for improving the program established by this section; and

7. Plans to increase the number of parcel locker locations citywide pursuant to subdivision b of this section, including the program’s expansion benchmarks, planned inventory acquisitions, and related costs and operational needs.

§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

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