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City Council to Introduce 17 E‑Bike and E‑Scooter Safety Bills

The package centers on platform accountability and device bans to reduce recent e‑bike deaths ahead of a Sept. 30 hearing.

A delivery worker on an e-bike in New York City.
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The legislative body is also calling the Mamdani administration to task with its calendaring of an oversight hearing next month.
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Overview

  • The City Council announced Tuesday that it will introduce 17 bills next month as part of a comprehensive review of e‑bike and e‑scooter safety.
  • A public oversight hearing is scheduled for Sept. 30 where lawmakers will vet proposals and hear from riders, delivery workers, safety experts, and enforcement agencies.
  • Key measures would require third‑party delivery apps to register with the city and share driver data, ban sale or rental of certain high‑speed devices, and boost penalties for hit‑and‑run on e‑bikes.
  • The push follows a string of serious crashes this year, including a late‑July fatal collision near the Brooklyn Bridge and city officials reporting 11 e‑bike deaths so far in 2026.
  • Council leaders say the bills aim to close enforcement gaps by giving agencies more oversight tools and to hold delivery platforms accountable for routing and incentives that affect rider behavior, which could change how hundreds of thousands of daily deliveries are managed.