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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
Two Council Members Abandon E-Bike Registration Bill After Divisive Hearing
Council members Chi Ossé and Yusef Salaam pulled their support of a City Council bill that seeks to register all e-bikes.
December 12, 2024
DOT: Council E-Bike Registration Bill is Not Necessary to Make Streets Safer
Enforce existing laws. Keep redesigning the streets for safety. Hold delivery app companies accountable. But don't register electric bikes. That's what the DOT said on Wednesday.
December 11, 2024
Intro 606 Alert: E-Bike Licensing Bill Is Not Even Legal, Lawyers Say
Buckle up, dear reader, because we're diving into the municipal code!
December 11, 2024
Wednesday’s Headlines: E-Bikes on the Block Edition
As some writer once said, it'll be like Ivy Day in the committee room today as the City Council's Transportation Committee takes up a controversial bill that would require the city to create an entirely new bureaucracy to register electric bikes and create metal plates for them.
December 11, 2024
Op-Ed: Council E-Bike Registration Bill Is Impossible to Enforce, Unnecessary … and Won’t Even Work
It sounds common-sense: register electric bikes just like cars. But there are so many flaws to this Council bill. Let us set you straight.
December 10, 2024
‘Trojan Horse’: E-Bike Licensing Bill Would Fuel Anti-Immigrant Policing
Council members fail to address the e-bike registration bill's potential harmful outcomes.
December 10, 2024
‘Not Fleshed Out’: Paladino’s E-Bike Ban Falls Flat at Manhattan Civic Panel
A Queens Republican's latest bid to squelch e-bike use fails at Community Board 2.
December 10, 2024
DOT E-Bike Charging Pilot is a Success as City Plans More
"The goal should be to increase e-bike usage and to make sure battery charging and storage is done outside of dangerous areas," one charging advocate said.
November 25, 2024
The Instacart Loophole: Workers Are Not Covered By Minimum Wage
Recently arrived immigrants from Africa are turning to Instacart with few other options for work.
November 14, 2024
