Police officers in northern Queens confiscated a bunch of bicycles they say were illegally locked to street signs and boasted the seizure on social media Tuesday evening. But the city’s chief transportation official wouldn’t say whether bikers could lock their two-wheelers to the city-owned poles, a widespread practice that exists in a legal gray area, according to experts.
“I’m not going to comment on that until I have an opportunity to talk to the police and find out what actually happened here,” Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman told amNewYork Metro at an unrelated press conference Wednesday morning.
