The Adams administration is looking to ban the storage and use of “uncertified” e-bike lithium-ion batteries after a series of deadly fires in buildings across the Big Apple.

The NYPD would enforce penalties against e-bike riders or others found in possession of uncertified batteries, which would be confiscated and disposed of by the Sanitation Department, under proposed new rules. 3

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“Since day one, the Adams administration has made keeping New Yorkers safe our top priority and that includes taking significant steps to crack down on the uncertified e-bike batteries that have sparked multiple deadly fires,” a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams said.

“These proposed rules would make it illegal to store an uncertified lithium-ion e-bike battery anywhere in the city.”

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