Chair Feliz asks about point-of-sale enforcement for e-bikes and mopeds

So a few questions on enforcement at the point of sale related to e-bikes and also mopeds.

As we know, mopeds have to be registered in order for them to be sold.

And enforcement of this rule is crucial.

I know the NYPD has done a lot of work to seize the mopeds.

In our streets, but of course if we seize a thousand mopeds during a summer, and that same summer a thousand new mopeds enter our streets illegally, then we're never going to see any progress.

Enforcement of the rules at the point of sale is crucial if we want to make

progress.

We also have rules related to e-bikes.

A few years ago we passed my legislation that requires UL certification for e-bikes.

We know that on certified e-bikes they cause a lot of fire safety problems in our communities.

Can you provide data on these two issues, enforcement at the point of sale of e-bikes and also mopeds?

E-bikes on the UL certification, but also mopeds, the registration.

I know you briefly touched on it earlier, but if you could just give us a brief summary of the work you've done on that issue.

Sure, Chair.

I can start by talking about Local Law 39 with respect to micromobility.

We've had a very active year in terms of our point-of-sale inspections.

We conducted inspections of 294 unique businesses in 2026.

That's more than a 50% increase from what we saw in all of 2025.

And we are seeing encouraging compliance trends.

About 53 of those businesses were in violation.

The vast majority were in compliance.

Others that we began to seal came into compliance.

With respect to motorized scooters, we issued 50 summons for violations of the motorized scooter law in 2026.

So we are encouraged by the trends, but we're going to continue aggressive compliance sweeps to ensure that these noncompliance figures continue to go down.

Does DCWP currently have sufficient authority to prevent illegal devices from being sold online?

I think it's harder online, and that's why we've been working with the Department of Transportation.

You saw the announcement by the mayor and I believe by Commissioner Flynn a couple months ago about a pretty significant enforcement sweep.

We certainly issue summons to online businesses.

We do that all the time.

If they're outside of the city, they can be harder to serve.

But we are working closely with DOT to improve the effectiveness of the enforcement.

I don't know if Commissioner, you want to add to that?

I think, you know, on the cease and desist for online sales, so far we've been very encouraged.

I don't have the exact number, but I think over a dozen retailers have already complied, and we're in active discussions with most of the remainder.

You know, but we've also learned that some online retailers are more scrupulous than others, and we see things like, you know, not including the specs or other ways to kind of make it harder.

So as Commissioner Levine said, it's definitely more tricky, the online side of it.

And then, of course, there's the secondary sales market too, right?

So it just underscores the need for a real nuanced approach.

And I think a lot of the bills that are being considered today can help to...

It can help us keep evolving.

How many summonses have been given due to unlawful sale of these devices online?

For online, I believe we've issued 86 cease and desist letters.

And we've issued, what's that for 2026?

And then we've issued 41 summonses to online sellers that don't comply with the cease and desist letters.

I think that's cumulative.