Speaker Julie Menin and Council Members to Launch Sweeping Review of E-Bike and E-Scooter Safety

Hearing to include over a dozen legislative proposals and oversight of existing laws as Council plans comprehensive action to improve safety for pedestrians and riders 

Today, the New York City Council announced it will hold a comprehensive hearing on September 30 to examine e-bike and e-scooter safety, hear a broad range of potential legislative solutions, and conduct oversight of the City’s enforcement of existing laws.

The hearing comes as concerns continue to grow over the rise of illegal, high-speed e-bikes and e-scooters and a series of recent crashes that have injured and killed pedestrians, riders, and other New Yorkers. The Council will hear testimony from city agencies, transportation and public safety experts, advocates, workers, and members of the public as it evaluates a wide range of approaches to improving safety on New York City’s streets.

The hearing will be led by City Council Speaker Julie Menin, alongside Majority Leader Shaun Abreu (chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure), Council Member Harvey Epstein (chair of the Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection), and Council Member Oswald Feliz (chair of the Committee on Public Safety).

Speaker Menin held a press conference with colleagues outside City Hall to make the announcement and posted a video online.

“Every New Yorker deserves to move around our city freely and safely, regardless of how they get around. But too many people have been seriously injured or killed in crashes involving illegal, high-speed e-bikes, e-motos, and e-scooters. We already have laws on the books, yet they are not being adequately enforced — and we must also examine what additional legislative solutions are needed to keep New Yorkers safe,” said Speaker Julie Menin. “The City Council will bring together pedestrians, cyclists, deliveristas, transportation experts, advocates, and enforcement agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of every available option to make our streets safer.”

Over the past decade, the number of e-bike related incidents have skyrocketed, with data showing that e-bike collisions are up 31.7% this year in comparison to last. In May of this year, an incident involving an illegal high-speed e-scooter on the Queensboro Bridge resulted in the deaths of two New Yorkers. Last month, an accident in Central Park left a jogger in a days-long coma after being struck by an e-bike driver traveling the wrong way. There have been over 500 collisions involving e-bikes in 2026 alone.

The upcoming hearing is a part of a broad effort by the Council to conduct a comprehensive investigative process, engage affected stakeholders and advocacy groups, and identify effective legislative solutions that will keep New Yorkers safe and improve transportation across the city.