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Emergence of micro-fulfillment centers in residential areas
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer brings up the topic of micro-fulfillment centers emerging in residential areas of New York City. These centers are involved in direct-to-consumer shipping and may have implications for cold chain systems in the city.
- Micro-fulfillment centers are a relatively new phenomenon in residential areas
- These centers are involved in direct-to-consumer shipping of food products
- There are questions about the feasibility of new cold chain systems associated with these centers
- The emergence of these centers was not anticipated when the Food Forward plan was developed in 2020
Gale A. Brewer
0:49:40
Okay.
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It is not only in my opinion, which is so important, the emergency opportunities that you have made I have to say congratulations to you, focus, a huge focus.
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But also, there are all those micro fulfillment centers.
0:49:53
I don't know.
0:49:54
They have names as we know.
0:49:55
I don't even name them all, which are in the residential areas Yeah.
0:49:58
And they're shipping directly to consumers.
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So do do you know whether those new cold chain systems are feasible in New York City?
Kate MacKenzie
0:50:07
I do not know.
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And I also as we were putting together Food Forward back in 2020, the emergence of a lot of those, and I remember your
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:15
It didn't exist before.
Kate MacKenzie
0:50:15
Your focus specifically on drawing attention to the emergence of that was something that we were following closely.
Gale A. Brewer
0:50:21
Okay.