NYC Banks Locking ATM Lobbies at Night
30th August 2022
Banks in New York City have begun locking ATM lobbies at night, including to customers with a bank card, due to unhoused people using them for shelter.
“A lot of stuff happens at night,” an unidentified ATM technician told the New York Post, adding that many banks “periodically” close their ATM lobbies at night.
“Like a number of other banks, we have temporarily closed some ATM vestibules overnight at certain New York City branch locations where we have seen repeat activity that could present a potentially dangerous situation for our customers or colleagues,” Citizens Bank spokesperson Eleni Garbis said in a statement to the newspaper.