What Does This Delivery Worker Think About Mayor de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown?
Worker activist Jinhua Li explains it all to us.
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Streetsblog
7:14 AM EST on February 4, 2019
Earlier this month, Streetsblog had a chance to talk with Jinhua Li about Mayor de Blasio’s ongoing e-bike crackdown. Here’s what he had to say about the $500 fines, bike confiscations and daily struggles of the thousands of workers who are just trying to keep their customers satisfied:
This piece was the work of the Streetsblog staff.
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