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Last week, victims of serious e-bike crashes sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani, charging that, in ending criminal enforcement against e-bike drivers breaking traffic laws, the mayor has unilaterally “rewritten” state policy.
Rather than relying on the courts to force the mayor to act, though, Gov. Kathy Hochul must step in to protect pedestrians and pedal cyclists.
The lawsuit makes for harrowing reading.
Bonnie Gerard, 83, was on an Upper East Side sidewalk in October 2023 when an e-bike driver hit her, knocking her into a garbage can and causing a serious head and leg injury.
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Nicole Gelinas is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal. Follow her on Twitter here. Nicole is the author of Movement: New York’s Long War to Take Back Its Streets from the Car, available now.