The latest on "Priscilla's Law" Priscilla Loke died after an e-bike struck her as she walked to work in Chinatown in September 2023. "You could get killed, and people have been killed," City ...

Lithium battery fires have killed 14 people and injured 93 others in New York this year, including a blaze at an e-bike shop near Chinatown that caused four deaths in June. There have been 154 ...

This bill has a ticket to ride. The City Council is mulling a law that would require license plates and registration for electric bikes and scooters — after 47 people were killed in e-bike cr… ...

Council member Robert Holden is sponsoring legislation that he says would crack down on e-bike mayhem. "E-bikes should be registered. They should have a license plate," said Holden.

In an effort to contain the scourge of deadly e-bike fires, New York’s Local Law 39 will go into effect on Sept. 16, 2023, prohibiting the sale, lease or rental of e-bikes, and their batteries, that ...

The early-morning fire at an e-bike store in lower Manhattan that left four dead was caused by lithium-ion batteries, the city’s fire commissioner said Tuesday.

NYC e-bike owners wonder where to store them as landlords fear battery fires. By . Stephen Nessen. Published Nov 27, 2023. ... Councilmember Keith Powers, who introduced the legislation, ...

NYC e-bike and e-scooter legislation appears to be stalled 01:47. NEW YORK-- Reckless and unregulated -- that's how some people describe what is going on in New York City with e-bikes and scooters.