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NYPD confiscates e-bikes in East Village parking dispute

Advocating for dispersed parking and daily enforcement

NYPD enforcement on East 11th Street and First Avenue has been uneven: officers abandoned a planned seizure on October 28 when reporters and community members arrived, then returned the next morning and confiscated eight bikes, according to Streetsblog. The department says it removed 11 bikes this week and gave owners three weeks' notice.

Updated Nov 2

Notable Quotes

Delivery workers deserve safe places to park and charge their bikes, but not at this location at the expense of everyone else who lives and works here.

from NYPD confiscates e-bikes in East Village parking dispute · Updated Nov 2

If the city, local elected officials, and our local community board will not take this seriously, we will make sure they cannot keep looking the other way.

from NYPD confiscates e-bikes in East Village parking dispute · Updated Nov 2

For more than two and a half years, we have been raising concerns about conditions on this block. Residents and businesses have spoken up repeatedly, but we still do not have a real solution.

from NYPD confiscates e-bikes in East Village parking dispute · Updated Nov 2