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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 ...
E-bike accidents are a major source of preventable injury and death throughout New York City. According to the New York City Department of Transportation, there was an all-time record 23 e-bike ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The New York City Council heard testimony from fire department officials and members of the public about their support for two pieces of legislation that tackle e-bike and e-scooter battery safety.
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… ...
CITY HALL, Manhattan (WABC) -- A piece of legislation the New York City Council is considering aims to tackle fire safety for e-bikes - but not everyone is on board. The package of bills would ...
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.