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The Ire This Time: City Seeks the Power To Confiscate Unsafe E-Bike Batteries From Poor Delivery Workers
Uncertified batteries can no longer legally be sold in the city, but many workers are still using them because they are less expensive.
September 8, 2025
FDNY To Drivers: Please Stop Parking At Hydrants
Parking scofflaws turn a fire fatal. The public could help, if the Council would pass a bill creating citizen enforcement.
February 11, 2025
Congestion Pricing Is Happening: Cue the Irrational Drama from the Placard Elite and the Suburbs
The last-minute appeals are getting desperate.
January 3, 2025
City Expands Safe E-Bike Charging Initiative
The DOT will begin allowing landlords and tenants to apply to install e-bike battery charging cabinets on the sidewalk.
January 3, 2025
FDNY Truck Driver Fatally Strikes Bronx Delivery Worker — 22nd Cyclist Killed this Year
A cyclist was killed by an FDNY truck responding to an emergency in Park Slope.
October 31, 2024
DOT Will Fast-Track Private Sidewalk E-Bike Charging Stations
The mayor announced a new sidewalk e-bike charging station initiative, along with progress on the e-bike battery swap program and more money to FDNY for educational outreach.
July 23, 2024
FDNY Chief Blames Slower Emergency Response Times on More Cars
FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh said during Friday's City Hall’s public safety briefing that congestion is the main reason ambulances and fire trucks are slow to respond.
February 5, 2024
Mayor Adams Claims He’ll Create a ‘Department of Sustainable Delivery’
For now, there'll only be a task force to study the creation of Adams's proposed Department of Sustainable Delivery, which would be a first-in-the-nation entity to regulate new modes of delivery.
January 25, 2024
Feds One Step Closer to Requiring Safety Standards for Lithium-ion Batteries
Safety standards are fine, but the responsibility for securing better power packs will still fall on the lowest-paid workers in our city.
December 11, 2023
One Year Later, Delivery Workers Are Still Waiting for Their Charging Hubs
More than a year — and a dozen-plus fatal fires — since the city announced charging stations for delivery workers, the hubs aren't ready,
November 21, 2023
