A Greenwich Village tenant is refusing a $50 Amazon gift card and exploring legal action after a delivery driver was caught on camera urinating throughout his apartment building lobby.
Donny, 30, who asked that his last name not be used, told The Post he now checks his Ring camera every time an Amazon driver rings his bell near the corner of Bleecker Street and Carmine Avenue. The incident unfolded on Aug. 26 at around 3 p.m., when a man in a light blue-and-gray Amazon delivery uniform gained entry through the building’s electronic doorbell system.
Donny buzzed the driver in without suspicion. Later, reviewing footage on the Ring app, he watched the deliveryman scan the hallway, unzip his pants, and begin urinating on shoes, a chair, and a table that Donny kept in the common area.
“He walked straight back there as if he’d done it a hundred times, like second nature,” Donny told The Post of the footage.
“I had shoes in the hallway, a chair in the hallway, a table in the hallway and he was peeing and splashing everywhere,” the resident added.
Donny said he was forced to throw out multiple belongings soaked in the stranger’s urine. He now fears the act could be repeated by other drivers, or witnessed by loved ones.
“He could have easily been there. My girlfriend could have walked out of the door and seen this happening while it was happening,” he said.
When Donny contacted Amazon to complain, he said the company called the incident “horrible” and offered the $50 gift card as an apology.
“I didn’t think that was appropriate for what had happened,” Donny said. He refused the coupon.
“Now, every time an Amazon driver rings my doorbell, I have to go check the camera to make sure that he’s not peeing in my hallway,” said Donny.
Attorney Cary London of the firm Fredson Statmore Bitterman said his team is weighing litigation against the retail giant.
“We are exploring all legal avenues against Amazon,” London said. “But what we would really like to see is a change in Amazon’s policies — in addition to monetary compensation.”
Amazon spokesperson Leigh Anne Gullett said in a statement that the driver was not directly employed by the company but by one of its independent “Delivery Service Partners.” The individual is no longer delivering Amazon packages, Gullett confirmed.
“This does not reflect the standards we expect from Delivery Service Partners,” she said.
The company noted that its delivery app provides drivers with restroom locations, and that routes include a 30-minute lunch break plus two additional 15-minute breaks. The driver has not been publicly identified.
Donny said he worries about his 5-year-old nephew, who visits often, potentially encountering similar behavior.
Amazon’s independent contractor model for last-mile delivery has faced repeated scrutiny over driver conduct and working conditions, though this incident marks a particularly visceral complaint from a customer.
The Aug. 26 footage captured the driver looking around the four-story building’s hallway before relieving himself, suggesting to Donny a practiced casualness that disturbed him as much as the act itself.