The Adams administration is looking to ban the storage and use of “uncertified” e-bike lithium-ion batteries after a series of deadly fires in buildings across the Big Apple.
The NYPD would enforce penalties against e-bike riders or others found in possession of uncertified batteries, which would be confiscated and disposed of by the Sanitation Department, under proposed new rules.
“Since day one, the Adams administration has made keeping New Yorkers safe our top priority and that includes taking significant steps to crack down on the uncertified e-bike batteries that have sparked multiple deadly fires,” a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams said.
“These proposed rules would make it illegal to store an uncertified…
