The food delivery industry has skyrocketed in recent years, but its main ingredient has been left behind. There are over 65,000 food delivery workers in New York City. They can be seen riding on every street yet they don’t feel seen at all — denied access to bathrooms, water and even warmth during the cold months. So we created The Brake Room, a first-of-its-kind rest station for all food delivery workers to ride up, warm up and charge up during the Winter. For the first time, they felt seen and cared for. More importantly, the space sparked a citywide movement with Mayor Adams, Senator Schumer and even Grubhub now taking steps to create additional food delivery rest hubs.

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