Sophia Lebowitz
Anatomy Of A Debacle: How Mayor Adams Went From Visionary to Bully on E-Bikes
How did we get here? Let's breakdown how the city's failure to rein in the delivery industry created the current war on bikes.
June 9, 2025
Manhattan’s West Side Stands Up To E-bike Criminalization
Two West Side community boards voted to call on the administration to stop giving cyclists criminal summonses.
June 6, 2025
DOT Finally Bails on Fly E-Bike After Flailing Company Admits Faking Safety Certifications
Fly E-Bike agreed to pay $1 million for faking its UL safety certification, prompting the DOT to stop using its bikes for city programs.
June 5, 2025
Uptown Portion of Hudson River Greenway Closed For Another Month
Tell us, would car owners put up with a crucial road closed for months with no detour?
June 3, 2025
Tisch Reveals Real Reason for Her E-Bike Crackdown: E-Bike Licensing
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch doubles down on her cycling criminalization campaign, saying e-bike licensing is the only other option.
May 30, 2025
Memo to NYPD Commish Tisch: Drivers Keep Driving, And Killing, on Suspended Licenses
License suspension doesn't keep drivers off the road, why would it work with bikes?
May 29, 2025
Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush
Council members want Speaker Adrienne Adams to act, but she doesn't want to.
May 29, 2025
Democratic Party Machine Joins the Bikelash on Bedford Avenue
The Bedford Avenue protected bike lane is in danger as the mayor's allies go on the offensive. The very offensive.
May 28, 2025
Proudly Anti-Safety: Brooklyn Pol Boasts of Getting DOT To ‘Pause’ Long Promised Bike Lanes
Even painted bike lanes are too "woke" for the MAGA warrior of Southern Brooklyn, Council Member Inna Vernikov.
May 21, 2025
NYPD Admits Bike Crackdown Based on ‘Community’ Vibes, Not Data
It turns out, the new strategy arose not from data, but from people complaining about e-bikes at community meetings, the NYPD finally admits.
May 14, 2025
