Tisch went as far as to pen an op-ed in The Post<\/a>\u00a0in support of the\u00a0blitz.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen vehicle drivers fail to respond to a traffic summons, their licenses can be suspended,\u201d she wrote, \u201cbut e-bikes do not require any license, so their operators can simply ignore a traffic summons with virtually no meaningful repercussions.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow, we\u2019re closing that loophole by issuing c-summonses \u2014the\u00a0only\u00a0real option available under the law to hold reckless e-bike operators accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Notably, Tisch was not quoted in\u00a0the news release announcing the rollback, which came from City Hall, not the NYPD.<\/p>\n
Delivery worker advocates \u2013 who received a prominent place on Mamdani\u2019s press release \u2013 argued the blitz focused on speeding e-bike riders let app companies off the hook.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A year after Adams\u2019 e-bike crackdown, many New Yorkers remain irked by reckless two-wheelers \u2013 and zapped Mamdani for seemingly going soft on them. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n
\u201cFor too long, app delivery companies have built business models that push workers to speed, work long hours and ride in unsafe conditions \u2014 making delivery one of the most dangerous jobs in New York City,\u201d said Ligia Guallpa, executive director of Workers Justice Project\/Los Deliveristas Unidos, in a statement on the release.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a crucial step toward addressing the root causes of unsafe delivery work, and we look forward to advancing a comprehensive worker justice platform that makes delivery work safer and creates safer streets for e-bike riders, pedestrians and all New Yorkers,\u201d Guallpa said.<\/p>\n
Many street safety activists and progressives also argued treating scofflaw cyclists as criminals was fundamentally unfair, especially given motorists driving far more deadly vehicles only deal with civil summonses for traffic infractions.<\/p>\n
But Queens Councilman Phil Wong pushed back, arguing it was important for the city to step up \u201cto protect public safety and restore order on our roads,\u201d instead of pulling back enforcement.<\/p>\n
Zohran Mamdani before the start of the 265th Annual New York City St. Patrick\u2019s Day Parade. Jess Stiles\/ZUMA \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is exactly the wrong direction. If there are no real consequences for reckless e-bike riders and cyclists blowing through red lights, it will only make our streets more dangerous for pedestrians and drivers alike,\u201d he told The Post.<\/p>\n
A year after Adams\u2019 e-bike crackdown, many New Yorkers remain irked by reckless two-wheelers \u2013 and zapped Mamdani for seemingly going soft on them.<\/p>\n
\u201cI f\u2014ing hate the e-bikes,\u201d said Dennis Smith, 32, a parks employee. \u201cThey\u2019re like a motor vehicle and I feel like I\u2019m going to get murdered when I\u2019m walking and they are speeding and breaking the law. There are no rules and this will only make it worse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Red Hook resident Feodor Granof, 22, agreed that cyclists and e-bike riders should still have to go to criminal court.<\/p>\n
Many street safety activists and progressives also argued treating scofflaw cyclists as criminals was fundamentally unfair. Gregory P. Mango<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should get more than a regular traffic ticket if they break the law,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve almost been killed by these guys when I\u2019ve crossed the sidewalk, even if they\u2019re in the bike lane. And they don\u2019t have insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city saw 15,000 recorded e-bike or bicycle collisions in 2024, data shows. The crackdown kicked off the next year, which ended with 7,100 such collisions.<\/p>\n
The softer touch on cyclists isn\u2019t the only recent decriminalization push in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n
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A City Council law removing all\u00a0misdemeanor penalties for food vendors\u00a0<\/a>automatically \u2013 and quietly \u2013 went into effect last week.<\/p>\nMamdani plans to pair the e-bike enforcement rollback by pushing for City Council legislation to require delivery platforms to share trip-level data with the Department of Transportation that can help craft safety standards, officials said.<\/p>\n
The city will also seek to work with the council to mandate enhanced training for delivery workers who repeatedly engage in unsafe riding behavior, officials said.<\/p>\n
An NYPD spokesperson gave a terse response to the change.<\/p>\n
\u201cNYPD will follow this directive,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Additional reporting by Estrella McDaniel and Steven Vago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"E-yikes! The city is ending its crackdown on e-bike drivers\u00a0\u2014 amid lefty concerns the charges could harm migrant…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167838,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10483,302,32783,5302,57,9,56,63,65,64,58,82],"class_list":["post-167837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bikes","tag-city-hall","tag-cyclists","tag-jessica-tisch","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-us-news","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}