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Gov signs Hoylman-Sigal bill to address ‘Manhattan moped crisis’
A limited-use, gas-powered motorcycle without a rear license plate in Chinatown, at Grand and Chrystie Streets, last year near where Priscilla Loke was killed by a cyclist riding an electric Citi Bike. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Gov signs Hoylman-Sigal bill to address ‘Manhattan moped crisis’

July 11, 2024

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | On Thursday, Governor Hochul signed a package of bills into law focused on regulating illegal motorbikes, as well as protecting…

Meeting on ‘out-of-control e-bikes’ to gather pols, police brass, crash victims
An e-CitiBike rider and a stand-up e-scooter rider at 38th Street and Second Avenue, where a 69-year-old woman was critically injured by a wrong-way e-bike on Sept. 15. An electric police signboard asking for information on the hit-and-run rider that had been put right in the bike lane has since been moved across the avenue, at right — where fewer people likely notice it. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Meeting on ‘out-of-control e-bikes’ to gather pols, police brass, crash victims

September 23, 2023

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | A new and growing grassroots advocacy group is calling on local politicians to take steps to ensure citizens’ safety and…

Lawmakers: Up penalties for e-scooter hit-and-runs
State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal have introduced legislation to make hit-and-runs with an electric scooter consistent with car hit-and-runs. At right is an electric scooter similar to the one that fatally struck actress Linda Banes. (Courtesy Brad Hoylman's office)

Lawmakers: Up penalties for e-scooter hit-and-runs

June 25, 2021

Hit-and-run e-scooter riders should be hit with stiffer penalties, two state lawmakers say. State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, at a press conference…

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