Mayor Mamdani is putting online sellers of illegal e-motos and e-scooters on notice.
The city will issue a cease-and-desist to 42 online retailers who sell two-wheeled electric vehicles that do not meet the city’s legal definition of an e-bike or e-scooter, Hizzoner said on Wednesday.
“The burden of whether or not the bike they buy is safe and legal should not fall on working New Yorkers who are simply looking for a quick and low-cost mode of transportation. It is the responsibility of retailers to only sell the vehicles permissible under New York law in our city,” the mayor said during a press conference at City Hall…