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The City Council passed a suite of bills aimed at making e-bikes safer, including one banning the sale of reconstituted batteries.<\/p>\n
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Delivery app companies such as Grubhub and Uber Eats will have to register with the city and assign ID numbers to deliveristas as part of the mayor\u2019s plan to tackle reckless moped and e-bike riders in NYC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rules would be part of Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 \u201cforthcoming\u201d Department of Sustainable Delivery (DSD). \u00a0The set of rules requires the app companies to register with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT)<\/a> and assign their delivery workers unique ID numbers to wear on their vests, similar to a sports jersey.<\/p>\n Adams said he is proposing the rules because the NYC Council has not passed legislation that would hold reckless micromobility drivers accountable when hit-and-run collisions occur.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOur administration is committed to creating safer, more sustainable streets for everyone from delivery workers to pedestrians to cyclists to drivers,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cThese proposed rules are a major step forward in holding delivery app companies accountable and ensuring delivery workers have the equipment, protections, and visibility they need to stay safe. This is a public-safety issue and a quality-of-life issue that affects all of us, and today, we are finally taking the steps to address both.\u201d<\/p>\n Delivery drivers, who are often forced to meet aggressive delivery times, would be mandated to display their ID numbers on their vests or other reflective garments as they work. App companies would also have to provide safety training to their employees.<\/p>\n The mayor said the rules will be published in the City Record, but the timeframe for that is unclear right now.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n Queens City Council Member Robert Holden has called for similar rules by sponsoring \u201cPriscilla\u2019s Law,<\/a>\u201d which his colleagues in the council have yet to pass.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a welcome first step toward addressing the e-bike chaos, and I thank the Mayor\u2019s Office for acting when the City Council refuses to,\u201d Holden said. \u201cBut much more needs to be done. We also need to pass broader legislation to ensure true accountability and take our streets back.\u201d<\/p>\n Rabbi Michael Miller, who required surgery for his leg after being struck by a speeding e-bike driver on the Upper East Side last year, said he supports the proposed rules.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cE-mobility is now a fact of life in the city, but it has come at a high cost, particularly for vulnerable pedestrians,\u201d he said. \u201cTech companies are responsible for a business model that rewards speed which, in turn, raises perilous risk to delivery workers and public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n The mayor is \u201cbypassing public input:\u201d NYC Council rep<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a NYC Council spokesperson told amNewYork that members have been passing laws this year<\/a> aimed at ensuring the city has a \u201csustainable delivery sector.\u201d In fact, the spokesperson explained, similar legislation has been in the process of being finalized recently to \u201cempower\u201d the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection while protecting against the mass deportation of deliveristas\u2014many of whom are immigrants.<\/p>\n