{"id":667813,"date":"2026-03-19T22:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/667813\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T22:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:58:15","slug":"widow-of-gone-girl-actress-killed-in-hit-and-run-lambasts-mamdani-for-ending-e-bike-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/667813\/","title":{"rendered":"Widow of ‘Gone Girl’ actress killed in hit-and-run lambasts Mamdani for ending e-bike crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

The widow of \u201cGone Girl\u201d actress Lisa Banes<\/a> said Thursday it was \u201cunbelievable\u201d that e-bikes were still running amok five years after her wife was killed in a horrific hit-and-run \u2014 as Mayor Zohran Mamdani ends the city\u2019s criminal crackdown.<\/p>\n

Kathryn Kranhold, 66, told The Post she thought it was \u201cwrong\u201d to stop doling out criminal penalties to runaway e-bike drivers, given the obvious havoc the two-wheeled terrors create in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t read the specifics, but I do know from firsthand experience how horrible this can be for any family to have their partner, wife, child struck by an electric motorcycle, vehicle \u2014 whatever you want to call them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should have some restrictions. They\u2019re not just simple bikes\u2026 They\u2019re electric vehicles,\u201d she said. \u201cThey should definitely have different standards and rules around them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kathryn Kranhold, 66, at left, is still reeling from the death of her wife Lisa Banes, who was struck and killed by a moped driver in 2021. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

E-bike riders no longer will receive criminal summonses for traffic infractions, Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s administration announced this week. Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The ex-husband of Theresa Valenti<\/a> \u2014 who was struck and killed by an e-bike rider after she stepped off a bus in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in October \u2014 agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough. Take a stance. Crack down now,\u201d Peter Rebic, 64, told The Post.<\/p>\n

E-bikes riders, as well as cyclists, had been the subject of a blitz started under former Mayor Eric Adams that saw them slapped with criminal summonses for traffic infractions such as blowing through stop signs or zipping along sidewalks.<\/p>\n

Kranhold told The Post that it is \u201cwrong\u201d to not hand out criminal charges to e-bike drivers. Photo Peter Gerber<\/p>\n

Ex-Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s administration charged e-bike riders with criminal summonses for traffic infractions such as blowing through stop signs or zipping along sidewalks. Photo Peter Gerber<\/p>\n

Scene of hit and run which killed actress Lisa Banes outside Lincoln Center at Amsterdam Avenue and West 64 Street. Photo Peter Gerber<\/p>\n

But progressives and street safety advocates noted that drivers of cars and trucks didn\u2019t face criminal penalties for identical infractions, and that e-bike-riding delivery workers, often migrants, risked losing their licenses and possibly being deported.<\/p>\n

Mamdani announced Wednesday that the NYPD will stop issuing criminal summonses to e-bikers<\/a> and cyclists for traffic offenses on March 27, after progressives bellyached over the sweeps. <\/p>\n

The rollback struck a nerve with Kranhold, a Chelsea resident and journalist, who said she\u2019s still reeling from her wife\u2019s killing by an unlicensed moped driver in June 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, I think it\u2019s wrong\u2026 Obviously e-bikes are creating a lot of havoc in the city,\u201d she said. \u201cI support all the cycling lanes and what we can do to encourage cycling, I support that. But I don\u2019t support e-bikes just running through red lights. They\u2019re just a hazard.<\/p>\n

Lisa Banes starred in \u201cGone Girl,\u201d among many other films. AP<\/p>\n

Mamdani rolled back a crackdown on e-bike riders started by his predecessor Eric Adams. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable that this is still going on five years later,\u201d she added, \u201cUnbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Banes, 65, who starred in films such as \u201cGone Girl\u201d and \u201cCocktail,\u201d was crossing an Upper West Side street when a moped driver ran through a red light, struck her and sped off.<\/p>\n

She died at the hospital 10 days later, with police eventually identifying Brian Boyd, then 27, as the hit-and-run driver.<\/p>\n

Boyd, who didn\u2019t have a driver\u2019s license and rode an unregistered vehicle, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter<\/a> in 2022. He was released two years later, records show.<\/p>\n

Mopeds, unlike e-bikes, require a driver\u2019s license and must be registered under New York law. They\u2019re considered motorcycles under the law and weren\u2019t part of the crackdown that Mamdani rolled back.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d said Peter Rebic, 64, whose ex-wife Theresa Valenti was allegedly killed by an e-bike rider. William Farrington<\/p>\n

Kranhold acknowledged Boyd\u2019s scooter was different than an e-bike, but contended they\u2019re both hazards.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stop all my friends at stoplights and I stop them before we cross any street or intersection. I remind them to look always because of these e-bikes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of them are like Vespas. They\u2019re electric vehicles, they\u2019re not just bicycles anymore. They should have different standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebic also didn\u2019t hold back his feelings on reckless e-bike riders \u2014 and on Mamdani \u2014 for ending the criminal penalties, unleashing some vulgarity the mayor\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate them with a passion,\u201d he said about riders. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey need to be taught a lesson\u2026 Serious or not, if they are looking at a heavy penalty for doing something stupid, it might stop the flow,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they\u2019re getting away with it, they\u2019ll think it\u2019s just a ticket, big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

His direct message to Hizzoner? <\/p>\n

\u201cI would say, \u2018No. You need to stop this nonsense and keep these people in check because if you don\u2019t, it\u2019s going to get worse,’\u201d Rebic said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The widow of \u201cGone Girl\u201d actress Lisa Banes said Thursday it was \u201cunbelievable\u201d that e-bikes were still running…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":667814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5302,13239,54852,6335,121521,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969,5301],"class_list":["post-667813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-bikes","tag-city-hall","tag-cyclists","tag-exclusive","tag-gone-girl","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116258321468055105","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/667814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}