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    COMMUNITY OP-ED                                                          JUNE 27, 2025     |  The Indian Eye 14

                                 The bike stops here:

              Removing illegal vehicles for

                                         a safer New York.

            The destruction of these illegal vehicles sends an important message to everyone who drives on the streets of our city: No
            one is above the law. If you drive an illegal vehicle in New York, you will face the consequences. And so will your ride

                       ERIC ADAMS

                  ublic safety has always been the
                  North Star of this administra-
            Ption. Keeping our city safe is
            not just about crime stats — it is also
            about how people are feeling. And
            New Yorkers have strong feelings
            about illegal mopeds and scooters,      But sometimes the use of these illegal vehicles is more than a danger or a nuisance, sometimes it’s criminals (Agency file photo)
            especially when they are driving the
            wrong way down streets, on sidewalks,  rules don’t apply to them; that’s why  reselling them, so they can never be   date. This is all in addition to our ef-
            or in the dark without any lights, and   we have been taking action on this   used in a crime or to terrorize inno- forts that have driven down overall
            when  they  are  modified  to  increase   issue since day one. And as summer  cent New Yorkers again. Whether  crime across our city; with the con-
            noise and disturb neighborhoods.  starts and more of these vehicles are   we’re getting illegal guns or illegal   tinuing drop in major crimes we’ve
                The rise of the moped era has   out, we have ramped  up enforce- ghost cars off our streets, when it   seen in April, May, and so far this
            terrorized many of our pedestrians.  ment all over the city, leading to us   comes to public safety, we are literal- month, we are on track to have our
            Seniors and older adults are afraid   to  confiscate  and  impound  more   ly crushing it.            sixth straight quarter of declining
            of being run down right on their  than 100,000 of these vehicles since   The destruction of these illegal   crime.
            own block. Parents are afraid their  2022. That’s over 100,000 ghost vehi- vehicles sends an important message   I want to thank NYPD Commis-
            children can be injured by someone   cles with forged, illegal, or no license   to everyone who drives on the streets   sioner Tisch, Sanitation Commission-
            popping a wheelie. And everyday res-  plates,  including  over  62,300  illegal   of our city: No one is above the law.  er Lojan, and the men and women
            idents dread that sound as they hear  two-wheeled vehicles. These vehicles  If you drive an illegal vehicle in New  at both New York’s Finest and New
            it approaching.                   — which are often unregistered, un- York, you will face the consequences.  York’s Strongest for helping us get
                But sometimes the use of these   insured, or stolen — are often used  And so will your ride.      these illegal vehicles off our streets,
            illegal vehicles is more than a danger  in crimes or implicated in accidents.   And the numbers show that our  once and for all. Thanks to their ef-
            or a nuisance, sometimes it’s crim- They also deprive law-abiding tax- effort to rid our city of these vehicles   forts, New York City remains the saf-
            inals. Criminals often use illegal   payers of millions of dollars in unpaid   is helping us deliver a safer city for  est big city in America and the best
            mopeds and ghost vehicles to ride   tolls and fees.                 residents of the five boroughs. This   place to raise a family. But it is also
            around and snatch cell phones, jew-   We have been clear: We are not  year  has  seen  a  nearly  86  percent  a place where you can live knowing
            elry, and wallets from New Yorkers,  going to let people live in fear, and   decrease in grand larceny patterns,  your city is looking out for you — day
            or worse, to flee after committing a   we are not going to look the other  as well as a 68 percent decrease in  and night, in schools and in subways,
            shooting, robbery, or another vio- way. Last week, we sent another 200   robbery patterns involving mopeds.  on the streets and on the sidewalks.
            lent crime.                       of  these  illegal  vehicles  to  their  fi- More broadly, there has been a 57
                Our administration will not tol- nal destination: the scrap heap. We   percent decrease in all index crimes   Eric Adams is the Mayor of
            erate crime or riders who think the   crushed these vehicles, instead of  reported  involving  mopeds  year-to-  New York City, NY

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