Chase shuts NYC ATMs at 5pm due to crime and vagrancy trends now
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Chase has announced banks in New York City will close ATMs by 5pm due to 'rising crime and vagrancy' amid soaring attacks on customers by homeless people using them as shelters.
The bank said vestibules at a small number of branches across the city would be closed at 5pm or 6pm, aligning with normal hours of its other banking services.
In a tweet, Chase said this was 'due to rising crime and vagrancy that occurred in these previously 24/7 vestibules.'
But the bank declined to confirm the number of banks or which neighborhoods would be affected. In a statement to DailyMail.com, Chase said: 'We review our ATM hours on a case-by-case basis and for a variety of reasons may decide to temporarily close some overnight.'
People walk by a Chase bank branch in Manhattan, New York City in June, 2022
A homeless man used inside a Citibank ATM vestibule in Washington, DC, in November
Crime has spiraled since the pandemic and homeless people have flocked to ATM vestibules, using them to shelter while they sleep or take drugs.
In August 2021, a 51-year-old man was smashed over the head by a hatchet-wielding thug as he used an ATM inside a vestibule at a Chase in the Financial District.
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