PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Member of the Public on E-Bike Regulation
4:44:42
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144 sec
A member of the public strongly criticizes the DOT Commissioner's stance on e-bikes and expresses support for Intro 606 (Priscilla's Law). The speaker describes feeling unsafe due to e-bike traffic and urges the city council to pass the proposed legislation.
- Speaker identifies as a 40-year resident of the Upper West Side and founder of a community organization
- Compares current safety concerns with e-bikes to past challenges like the fiscal crisis and 9/11
- Directly asks Chair Brooks-Powers if she will support Intro 606
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4:44:42
Thank you for the opportunity to speak, and thank you to the chair and for the council members who've remained here today to listen to the people.
4:44:55
I have to go off script.
4:44:58
After listening to Commissioner Rodriguez, I I didn't realize before today that e bike riders are a protected class whose interests supersede those of the rest of the citizens of New York.
4:45:14
I cannot comprehend how a DOT chair has become a champion of law breaking, ableist riders who endanger our communities showing very little concern about the pedestrians who've been terrorized.
4:45:33
Well, Edonis Rodriguez may not support Priscilla's Law, but my community does.
4:45:40
I'm a 40 year resident of the Upper West Side and the founder of an active community organization who support Bill 606.
4:45:50
I've lived through the fiscal crisis, blackouts, the crack epidemic, and 9 11.
4:45:56
Yet in all the years I've lived here, I've never experienced the fear and danger to my personal safety as I have in the last 3 years.
4:46:08
There's rarely a day I leave my apartment when I'm not weaving and dodging chaotic e bike traffic on the sidewalks and in the streets.
4:46:18
The quality of life for our communities has dropped dramatically.
4:46:23
There's no topic garnering more disdain than what's happened to the safety of our streets since the advent of lawless and unaccountable e bikes violating existing laws.
4:46:36
I travel all over Europe for my work, but there is no city where I feel less safe than New York.
4:46:45
I ask the city council to stop the madness, protect our citizens, and pass Priscilla's law.
4:46:52
And I'd like to know Chair Brooks Powers if, being as there are 2 similar laws up for review if you will support, bill 606.
