Chair Feliz asks about steps when bike lanes are blocked

Okay, and what are steps that the NYPD or any other agency takes when bike lanes are blocked?

Let's say by garbage, by cars, or by a representative.

Park Avenue in the Bronx, the area that has a lot of car mechanics.

Generally, you see very large car pieces completely blocking the bike lanes.

Also, I know we've had a lot of conversations about even homeless encampments.

What are steps that we take on each of those issues when they're blocking a bike lane?

So again, garbage, cars, car pieces, homeless encampments, anything else that could potentially block.

Well, certainly, for example, like on the car piece, if we get a report, it could be a 311 call or otherwise of, let's say, a vehicle blocking a bike lane or something like that, officers are going to respond.

We're going to address the condition, right?

It's going to get removed and seized.

We'll summons the individual responsible.

Again, it's going to be sort of case by case, but this is actually a big part of what the Q team, or part of what the Q teams do, right, is responding to community complaints.

I think that's the guy that we're talking about.

Someone calls 311 and says, hey, you know, the bike lane that I use every day is obstructed by someone has their vehicle there.

You know, we're going to, officers are going to respond and address the condition.

Do you have any data on that?

How many tickets you've provided, you've given out due to blocked bike lanes?

I don't think we have it here.

Well, yeah, certainly we'll pull the data we have and we're happy to provide that.

Okay, and what are steps that the NYPD takes when it's blocked by other things?

Garbage.

That's a homeless encampment, car pieces, anything that could potentially block a bike lane.

I would put the homeless encampments to the side because that's something that's really for the Department of Homeless Services and DHS to handle.

In terms of other things, again, 311, we got a call like that.

If it gets referred to us, assuming it comes to us, the Q teams are going to respond, and their responsibility is to address the condition.

If the NYPD sees a homeless encampment in a bike lane, are you guys able to refer the case to DSS, give them information about it so they could...

We would certainly make the appropriate notifications.

But again, you're asking about clearing homeless encampments.

That's really going to be DHS.

Yeah, okay.

I don't have any more questions for now.

Thank you.