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Friday’s Video: A Recap on Mayor Adams’s ‘War on Cyclists’

Here's a nice synopsis by Emily Lipstein of how we got from a proposed "Department of Sustainable Delivery" to a criminal crackdown on bike riders.
Friday’s Video: A Recap on Mayor Adams’s ‘War on Cyclists’

Let’s end the week with a nice synopsis of how we got from a proposed “Department of Sustainable Delivery” to a criminal crackdown on bike riders.

Join our award-winning video team leader Emily Lipstein — and the office vacuum cleaner — as she explains the situation on the ground:

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