NYPD’s criminalization of several common cycling violations has attracted plenty of haters after Streetsblog’s reporting exposed the new policy on Friday.
One woman told our reporter Kevin Duggan she’d received a ticket when she hadn’t even broken the law. The New York Civil Liberties Union warned that the new policy would “amplify” racially targeted policing against immigrants. Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest called it “incredibly misguided” and “unacceptable.” MSNBC’s Chris Hayes called it “outrageous.”
“This is absolutely nuts. Seems likely it’s meant to deliver immigrant delivery cyclists straight to ICE as part of Eric Adams corrupt bargain w Trump,” Hayes wrote on Bluesky…