New York City’s transportation department plans to hire dozens of new officers who will crack down on delivery workers riding e-bikes and mopeds in unsafe ways.
The new $116 billion city budget includes money for 45 new peace officers who will be “trained to issue moving violations and enforce commercial cycling laws against businesses,” the department said in a release. The officers will work for a new “Department of Sustainable Delivery” within the transportation agency. They will be unarmed and deployed in 2028, according to the release.
“The newly created Department of Sustainable Delivery is yet another step that we’re taking to support delivery workers, keep pedestrians safe, and hold delivery app companies accountable for placing unrealistic expectations on their workers that put New Yorkers in harm’s way,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement…