The New York City Council is considering a pair of e-bike safety bills, but are receiving significant pushback from food delivery apps and their workers.
The New York City Council is trying to crack down on e-bike safety, considering several new bills, including one that would require food delivery companies to provide e-bikes and batteries for workers that meet city safety standards. But the move is getting a lot of pushback from both companies and their workers. FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis has the story.
The second bill requires food delivery services to cover the costs for e-bike safety equipment and for an e-bike safety course through the Department of Transportation. "They could quit DoorDash tomorrow, go for Uber Eats the next day. Uber Eats would have to provide an e-bike and there's no mechanism to control that. So the incentive for fraud; it's not good. It's not a good solution," Toney Anaya, head of Government Relations for Door Dash said.
"The manufacturers who do operate against the best interests of us all. That's our priority and then how it trickles down through retailers, online brick and mortars," Velazquez said.
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