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Algorithms for Safety: Comptroller Seeks New Rules for Delivery Tech Companies
City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to make app-companies get licensed to operate in NYC.
Council Seeks to Force DOT to Build 175 E-Bike Charging Hubs
A new bill would force the DOT to build over 100 charging hubs, but will it be enough to keep up with demand?
Skeptics Question City Plan to Allow E-Bike Charging Stations on the Sidewalk
A new rule proposed by the city would allow building owners to put e-bike battery charging hubs on the sidewalk, but why not in the roadway?
Delivery Worker Minimum Wage Shows Promise … For Some, Data Shows
New data from the city's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection shows minimum wage is bringing order to a previously wild industry.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Congestion Pricing Flushed Away Edition
Literally every reporter at Streetsblog handed in their resignation letter at just before midnight. Plus other news.
‘Buy, Bully, Bamboozle’: Report Alleges App Companies Threaten Democracy
App delivery companies seek to block worker-led improvements by spending big money on political influence, leveraging their data, and even co-opting progressive language, argues a new report that lands days before a national one-day strike by app-workers.
Landmarks Officials OK Delivery Worker Hub Outside City Hall
The sleek new delivery hub and charging station will replace a 1980s-era newsstand that's sat empty since the pandemic.
E-Bike Swap Project Putting City to Shame on Safe Delivery Equipment
One of the city’s most dangerous industries is getting a major pedal-assist from a coalition of advocates committed to making food delivery work safer.
Mayor Mum on E-Bike Registration Bill, Battery Swap Program
Mayor Adams surrounded himself with delivery workers on Monday, yet declared "off topic" two of our questions ... about delivery workers.
OPINION: E-Bike Licensing Would Harm Workers — and Absolve App Companies
New York politicians want to force delivery workers to shoulder the burden of e-bike regulation rather than regulating the app companies, says Los Deliveristas Unidos leader Gustavo Ajche.
