New York City's transportation department will hire 45 new officers dedicated to enforcing commercial cycling laws, focusing on unsafe practices by delivery workers using e-bikes and mopeds. The new Department of Sustainable Delivery will oversee these officers, who will be unarmed and expected to be deployed by 2028. Mayor Eric Adams emphasizes accountability for delivery app companies and pedestrian safety. While there are concerns regarding potential discriminatory policing, city officials are in discussions to create effective and fair safety policies.
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.
There are always concerns about any new policy that could give way to discriminatory policing of delivery workers and immigrants. We remain in discussions with advocates and constructive members of the mayoral administration to advance solutions on e-bike safety, sustainable delivery and street safety.
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