Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is putting more than 40 online retailers on notice, alleging that they are illegally selling motorized two-wheeled devices they falsely market as e-bikes — and giving them until Aug. 18 to halt the practice or risk facing up to $2,000 fines.
The mayor announced on Wednesday that city Corporation Counsel Steve Banks sent the 42 online stores a cease-and-desist letter. The missive demands that they immediately stop selling devices that can go above legal New York City e-bike and e-scooter speed and power limits to residents of the city’s 175 ZIP codes. It comes after recent deadly incidents involving the illegal two-wheelers, one of which claimed the life of a 17-year-old boy near City Hall last month.
