New York City’s Mamdani administration has stepped up enforcement against businesses selling illegal electric bikes, scooters and high-powered e-motos

New York City’s Mamdani administration has stepped up enforcement against businesses selling illegal electric bikes, scooters and high-powered e-motos, shutting down three stores and issuing more than 75 summonses during a citywide inspection campaign. The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection inspected 229 retail businesses across the five boroughs between Aug. 1 and Sept. 20, finding 136 violations involving devices that failed to meet city safety requirements, according to a report by Streetsblog NYC.