Lithium-ion battery fires are causing deadly incidents across the country. Attorney Michael Mezzacappa points to New York as an example of how cities can respond but calls for Congress to take greater ...

Electric bicycles stored at the NYPD’s Erie Basin Auto Pound caught fire on Wednesday morning in the third ... a police captain told the City Council the following year. A New Jersey native and ...

A new bill is being reintroduced, which aims to protect e-bike users from the risk of fire. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and seven other senators and congressmen ...

The fire, caused by an e-bike battery, sent plumes of smoke into the air, initially alarming workers at the nearby Redway Warehouse.

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- On Monday morning, the Ithaca Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment fire. According to the ...

NYC DOT. On January 27, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced applications ...

NEW YORK — An off-the-books e-bike battery repair shop in the basement of a Queens home sparked a massive Friday morning blaze that left a firefighter and three building residents hospitalized, FDNY ...

The city's free e-bike and battery trade-in program has started for eligible food delivery workers to exchange uncertified ...

NEW YORK-- A vigil was held Sunday in Brooklyn for Debrina Kawam, the woman fatally set on fire on a subway back ... Community leaders talked about how the city failed the 57-year-old New Jersey ...

“Currently, many delivery workers use uncertified e-bikes and heavier electric and gas-powered mopeds,” the announcement read ...

The initiative aims to replace uncertified e-bikes and batteries with safer UL-certified models, reducing fire and street ...