Mayor Eric Adams saying he’s determined to eradicate the menacing vehicles from local streets.
City officials crushed nearly 100 dirt bikes Tuesday, with Mayor Eric Adams saying he’s determined toIn all, 92 of the illegal rides were pulverized under a bulldozer at the Erie Basin Auto Pound off Gowanus Bay in Brooklyn — as Adams vowed to continueA bulldozer destroyed nearly 92 illegal dirt bikes in Brooklyn on June 21, 2022.Mayor Eric Adams said the city is “freeing ourselves from these destructive piece[s] of machinery” before the bikes were destroyed.
Adams said the NYPD has taken about 900 of the bikes and ATVs off the streets of the Big Apple so far this year — an 88% bump over last year.According to Adams, the NYPD has seized about 900 illegal bikes and ATVs in 2022 so far.“Today, as we stand in the shadow of the Freedom Tower, we are freeing ourselves from these destructive piece[s] of machinery that’s on our streets,” Adams added.
“They will be crushed today so they can never terrorize our city again, each and every one of them,” he said. “They will be turned into scrap metal and eventually recycled.” Adams said the vehicles were not resold to ensure they would not motor their way back into the city and wreak more havoc on the streets.
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