E-bike law to be clarified

Electric cycles are booming in popularity in New York City. But they are technically illegal. Now city officials are clarifying what kind of e-bikes are legal and which are not. This is not about the statistics. It is about what neighborhoods think. Areas like the Upper East Side consider e-bikes a menace, according to the Department of Transportation. Yet immigrant-popular neighborhoods like Jackson Heights in Queens see e-bikes as valuable tools for deliveries.