Thursday Headlines: Regulate This Edition
After the tragic death of an e-moto rider in New York City, local officials want the state to take another look at e-bike regulations (even though it’s an entirely different device). But how exactly did we get here, especially after lawmaking in the Garden State served as a template of what not to do?
For now, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting the manufacturers of illegal e-bikes and e-motos to prevent their dangerous and sometimes deadly operation.
Read more here.
Elsewhere in the Empire State:
- A Riverhead man riding an e-bike was killed by a car driver yesterday. (Newsday)
- Head to the subway for some tongue-in-cheek artificial intelligence ads. (The Daily News)
- Assembly Democratic primary winner Brian Romero is facing calls for an ethics probe from a political opponent after setting up a GoFundMe. (The New York Post)
- In New York City, alternate side parking violators are receiving shame stickers. (Gothamist)
- Kingston lawmakers want to calm traffic and increase safety in the city. (Mid Hudson News)
- State Republicans are renewing a legal fight against even-year elections. (The Times Herald Record)
- Former Gov. George Pataki opened a mentoring center bearing his name in Albany. (The Times Union)
- The Onondaga County election commissioners are getting the courts involved in a spat over a term limit ballot proposition. (Central Current)
- Advocates in Ithaca want to put an end to traffic stops involving border enforcement agents. (The Ithaca Times)
- State Thruway leaders observed the progress of road and bridge projects in Buffalo. (BTPM)
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