Committee on Public Safety
TL;DR
The Committee on Public Safety held an oversight hearing on micromobility safety in New York City and introduced 14 proposed laws aimed at regulating electric scooters, e-bikes, mopeds, and food delivery services. The proposals focus on registration requirements, safety standards, delivery service accountability, and enforcement, with a related resolution calling on state lawmakers to increase penalties for hit-and-run accidents involving e-scooters and e-bikes.
Key Decisions
- Oversight hearing on micromobility regulation, accountability, and safety Hearing held
- Introduction of 14 local laws regulating delivery devices, e-bikes, mopeds, and food delivery services Introduced for consideration
- Resolution calling for state legislation to increase hit-and-run penalties for e-scooters and e-bikes Introduced
Agenda
- T2026-2395 Oversight - Micromobility in New York City - Regulation, Accountability, and Safety.Oversight
- Int 0078-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the retention of delivery dataIntroduction
- Int 0095-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring moped retailers to provide ownership information at point of saleIntroduction
- Int 0110-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to delivery devices used for commercial purposes, and to repeal section 10-157.1 of such code, relating to signs with bicycle safety proceduresIntroduction
- Int 0244-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the sale and rental of class three bicycles with electric assistIntroduction
- Int 0389-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring third-party food delivery services to verify the registration of mopeds used by food delivery workersIntroduction
- Int 0787-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on targeted traffic enforcement operations by the police departmentIntroduction
- Int 0950-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to licensing delivery servicesIntroduction
- Int 0985-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the establishment of a trade-in program concerning powered bicyclesIntroduction
- Int 0986-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to using micromobility dynamometers to test micromobility devices operating in the cityIntroduction
- Int 0988-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the advertisement of vehicles required to be registered with the department of motor vehicles as powered bicycles or powered mobility devices and related outreachIntroduction
- Int 0989-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to bike share safety reportingIntroduction
- Int 0994-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring third-party food delivery services to maintain liability insuranceIntroduction
- Int 1004-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to pedestrian safetyIntroduction
- Res 0044-2026 Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, A.1679/S.561, in relation to increasing the penalty for leaving the scene of an accident involving an e-scooter and further calling upon the New York State Legislature to include e-bikes in such legislationResolution
- Jointly with the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection