Authorities in New York are persevering with their unrelenting crackdown on unlawful dust bikes, ATVs, and scooters, just lately seizing over 200 of them final Sunday.

The New York Police Division confirmed that it seized the 200 unlawful autos throughout the 5 boroughs and that it’s going to “proceed to handle all high quality of life & public security considerations impacting NYC residents.”

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The seizing of those 200 autos got here only a week after 250 further dust bikes, ATVs, and scooters had been taken by police.

Yesterday, NYPD officers seized over 200 unlawful dust bikes, ATVs, and scooters working on metropolis streets throughout the 5 boroughs. Officers will proceed to handle all high quality of life & public security considerations impacting NYC residents. pic.twitter.com/xvyvrzrFCg

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 15, 2022

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams is the person behind the crackdown on the unlawful autos that routinely take to the town’s streets with riders revving the engines, dashing, using alongside sidewalks, and performing wheelies. Police state that many of the autos that it seizes aren’t registered and don’t have any VIN numbers. In addition they declare that a few of them are utilized in crimes.

Native police have confiscated virtually 3,000 of those bikes this 12 months. House owners are given 15 days to get a allow and retrieve their bikes earlier than they’re crushed.

In a well-publicized video in June, Mayor Eric Adams hosted an occasion for members of the media the place 92 unlawful bikes and ATVs had been crushed by a bulldozer.

“Unlawful dirtbikes and ATVs endanger the lives of New Yorkers. We’re not letting them go unchecked,” Adams mentioned on Twitter in June. “This 12 months we’ve already taken almost 2,000 bikes off the road and we’re simply getting began. Get the message: you need to terrorize our neighborhoods. You’ll get crushed.”