NYC Councilman Frank Morano-Statement re lawsuit

Following is a statement from Staten Island Councilman Frank Morano regarding the lawsuit he initiated as a private citizen and which is being pursued by Jim Walden.***"I'm proud to be joining this lawsuit in my personal capacity because this is about two fundamental principles: public safety and the rule of law. This is about making sure New Yorkers can walk down the street safely again. If the Mayor believes the law should be changed, he should work with the City Council and the State Legislature to change it, not simply stop enforcing it. New Yorkers deserve safe sidewalks, safe crosswalks, and a government that follows the law."

NYDN Editorial by Bradley Tusk 6/20/26

Bradley Tusk pushes the idea that Mayor Mamdani puts polcy ahead of people. He uses the misbehavior of his own son & cohorts as a reason that Citi Bike did the right things under the Adams administration by devising a system to limit underage riders from accessing the Citi Bikes. He makes a solid point about the dangerous conditions on the streets and sidewalks. However Tusk is a "fixer". Venture capitalist. Learned his serpentine ways in the NYC Parks Dept. Narrowly escaped going to jail with former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Pardoned by Pres. Donal Trump. Paragon of integrity. Here is link to editorial.*** https://www.nydailynews.com/2026/06/20/mamdani-always-places-ideology-ahead-of-people/

Litigator Jim Walden to Sue City

HELLO EVSA SUPERSTARS! BIG NEWS! The date for this was JUST ANNOUNCED today! JIM WALDEN ( successful litigator & 2025 NYC Mayoral candidate) is suing the city for not protecting its residents with legislation such as Priscilla's Law, or ANY accountability for the deadly and egregious riding of e-vehicles all over our city, which especially effects older New Yorkers and people with disabilities, and this is a breach of ADA guidelines! This is a lawsuit for POLICY CHANGE, not money. Some of our EVSA Victims will be named on lawsuit. We MUST have a big turn-out on Thursday!! PLEASE JOIN US!💜 Jim Walden, victims and legislators will speak. WHAT: ANNOUNCEMENT OF LAWSUIT to the PRESS! WHEN: THURSDAY JUNE 25 Meet AT 10:15AM for 10:30 start WHERE: CITY HALL We will be done by 11:00AM. I will bring signs. More details to follow.

Endorsements for June 23 2026 Election

For the purposes of The Coalition Against Rogue Riding-PUBLIC SAFETY on the streets and sidewalks CARR supports REP. DAN GOLDMAN for return to Congress from District 10. For the Assembly seat from NYS D 66 CARR supports both DAVID SIFFERT and FURHAN AHMAD. They have both demonstrated a concern for and worked on behalf of the community in the interest of public safety. CARR has no doubt both candidates would serve the interest of public safety for D 66.

Electric Vehicle Safety Alliance-Protest @CB #7

This is an account of the hearing about reconfiguration of W 72nd St. The extreme manipulation is representative of what Transportation Alternatives has been concocting for decades. Community Boards. Police statistics. The aptly named Vision Zero has been a putsch of hubris and avarice. Pure zealotry.The public has been taken for a ride. Quality of life bludgeoned. Delivery apps gouge both restaurants and consumers. Public safety shot. Lithium ion fires from bike batteries wreak havoc. Read it and get angry.**************Thank you to those who attended the CB7 Full Board meeting on Tuesday evening at 6:30PM, to speak against W.72nd St. double bike lane redesign. It was a packed house. The 140 in- person speakers were either opposed or in favor of the redesign in fairly equal numbers, HOWEVER, over half people speaking FOR the redesign were from Trans Alt/Families For Safe Streets ( they wore stickers) and do not live on UWS. They were directed by someone within CB7 board, to get there early -and they did- taking up many of the limited capacity seating. EVSA heard of this TA directive being spread through social media, a couple of hours before the meeting and emailed and texted who we could. There were at least 100 people outside who were there before 6PM that didn't get in, and I was one of them. Most were clearly against the bike lane, as I was out there for 45 minutes observing. And there were 170 people on zoom who never got to speak! They were waiting for hours, just to be told 'you can't speak." This happened to many of you. Horrible! CB7 announced their seven new board members at the Tue night meeting, just in time for them to vote on the redesign. Six of the seven voted for it, just enough votes to secure their win- how convenient! The board rushed them in so fast that they hadn't yet told the rejected applicants, such as me, that we weren't selected. I have been rejected for four years in a row. What kind of board or company or organization would EVER publicly announce their new members before notifying the rejected applicants? I will tell you who would.... CB7 would! CB7 is highly infiltrated by the bike lobby, just as they have infiltrated our government agencies, elected officials and our press! These are facts, not conspiracy. Their agenda aligns with the lobbyists, NOT the community they serve. This is highly corrupt, disheartening, and infuriating! Our community boards are now echo chambers

NYT 2 Riders Dead From Head on Crash on 59th St Bridge

Thursday 5/28/26 just after 8 AM a standup scooter likley traveling at a lethal rate of speed crashed into a lightweight pedal bike. 2 fatalities resulted. Push has come to shove. Going on 3 decades of encroaching chaos has resulted in an environment of lurking and naked danger. It's clear that the well funded zealotry of Transportation Alternatives and the avarice of the delivery apps has warped the streets and sidewalks with a lack of safe passage. The NYPD has been undermined with the obstinate resistance of TA to enforcement. Enforcement is the backbone of a responsible bike culture. TA has an addled approach to transportation advocacy. Reckless disregard for public safety. Speed may kill-but a sociopathic disregard for common decency and public safety excacerbates the situation into an environment that is" a kind of terrorism."************** https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/nyregion/queensboro-bridge-nyc-bike-scooter-crash-deaths.html

David Siffert-Candidate-Response to email from CARR RE Priscilla's Law

Here is the thoughtful response to Brown's inquiry about how Siffert would handle the public safety crisis & Priscilla's Law. I responded by further asking about** vicarious liability.** Would the apps-in addition to being responsible for registration and issuing license plates be liable for infractions, ********** RESPONSE FROM DAVID SIFFERT********** Thanks to both of you for reaching out on this! I have a two year old, who I usually bring around in a baby carrier, so I have had a lot of particularly scary encounters with e-bikes and very much understand we have a real problem. I also know how under-reported actual bike collisions are, having many close friends and family members sustain serious injuries and never report them. Rather than Priscilla's Law as-is -- which, honestly, is extremely unlikely to pass -- I would like to put the obligation on delivery apps and Citibike. The reason being that many undocumented people rely on e-bikes, and they are unlikely to register their bikes, often for good reason. This will result in a situation where (a) they will get pulled over for plate violations and be put in danger and (b) our systems to enforce the law on them will be ineffective, and we may wind up with more lawlessness. So here's what I propose: the delivery apps are required to do the registration for each bike that is making deliveries for them, and required to give a license plate to the driver of the bike. We can do something similar for Citibike. This will also allow for certain kinds of automated enforcement that don't rely on NYPD being on every corner -- as I'm sure you know, their idea of enforcement is to let anyone going too fast zoom right by and only stop people biking slowly and safely for minor infractions. I should mention that the current version of Priscilla's Law has no co-sponsors in the Senate and only 4 co-sponsors in the Assembly, so I think putting all our eggs in that one basket for bike safety may wind up an uphill battle. I think requiring the delivery apps and Citibike to do the registration will be a lot more likely to pass. We could do that as an amendment to Priscilla's Law or as a separate bill. I also want to say, once again, how committed I am to dealing with this issue. It affects me and my toddler personally.