Legislation Details

File #: T2026-2361    Version: * Name: Prohibiting the operation of class 3 e-bicycles.
Type: Introduction Status: Introduced
Committee: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
On agenda: 10/8/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the operation of class 3 e-bicycles
Sponsors: Crystal Hudson, Shaun Abreu, Phil Wong
Council Member Sponsors: 3
Summary: This bill would prohibit the operation of class 3 e-bicycles on city streets, in parks, and in other public places. For violations occurring before April 1, 2029, violators would receive a warning and relevant information concerning the law and e-bicycles. After that time, violators would be liable for civil penalties in increasing amounts: $0 for the first violation, $50 for the second violation, and $100 for any additional violation within two years of the first violation. In the case of a third or subsequent violation where the class 3 e-bicycle was being operated in an unsafe manner, the violator may have their bicycle impounded.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No., 2. Int. No., 3. Committee Report 9/30/26

Int. No.

 

By Council Members Hudson, Abreu and Wong

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to prohibiting the operation of class 3 e-bicycles

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Subchapter 3 of chapter 1 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 19-176.4 to read as follows:

19-176.4 Operation of class three bicycles with electric assist. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

Class one bicycle with electric assist. The term “class one bicycle with electric assist” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (a) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

Class three bicycle with electric assist. The term “class three bicycle with electric assist” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (c) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

Class two bicycle with electric assist. The term “class two bicycle with electric assist” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (b) of section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

E-bicycle. The term “e-bicycle” has the same meaning as the term  “bicycle with electric assist” as provided in section 102-c of the vehicle and traffic law.

b. No person shall operate a class three bicycle with electric assist on streets or in parks and other public places in the city of New York.

c. A person who violates subdivision b of this section prior to April 1, 2029, shall not be issued a notice of violation but shall be issued a warning and provided information pursuant to subdivision e of this section. A person who violates subdivision b of this section on or after April 1, 2029, shall be liable as follows:

1. For the first violation, a civil penalty of $0 dollars;

2. For the second violation issued on a different day within 2 years of the date of a first violation, a civil penalty of not more than $50; and

3. For each subsequent violation issued on a different day within 2 years of the date of a first violation, a civil penalty of not more than $100.

d. For any violation described in paragraph 3 of subdivision c of this section where the class three bicycle with electric assist was being operated in a manner that endangered the safety of the operator or the safety or property of another, such class three bicycle with electric assist may be impounded and shall not be released until any and all removal charges and storage fees and the applicable fines and civil penalties have been paid or a bond has been posted in an amount satisfactory to the commissioner of the agency that impounded such device.

e. The commissioner, in consultation with any agency head the commissioner deems relevant, shall develop written materials containing information on the safe operation of e-bicycles, the classification and legality of different classes of e-bicycles, penalties for operating class three bicycles with electric assist, any trade-in program established by an agency to offer owners of class three bicycles with electric assist the option to trade in such an e-bicycle for a class one or class two bicycle with electric assist, methods for converting a class three bicycle with electric assist into a class two bicycle with electric assist, and an explanation of the procedure for obtaining the release of a bicycle that has been impounded.

§ 3. This local law takes effect 24 months after it becomes law.

 

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LSR #19624/25736/25794

9/18/2026 4:15 PM