Brooklyn City Councilman David Greenfield does not seem to be a big fan of bicycles. Durring the blizzard he complained about bike lanes being plowed and today he has introduced legislation that would require all bicycles used for commercial purposes to be registered, have license plates and insurance or face being stripped of their vehicles. At least it is a step down from Councilman Eric Ulrich's January proposal to license all bicycles? more ›

For those who buy into the anti-cycling backlash, here's something you can legitimately hate: electric bikes. Their speed makes them more dangerous than a normal bicycle, they encourage sloth, and their very presence on the street in New York City is illegal. But a bill working its way through the state senate would "classify electric-assisted bikes with…a maximum speed of 20 miles an hour as a bike." This would at face seem like a poor decision that will choke our already clogged streets with the faint hum of death, but part of the problem is that we need our Veggie Lo Mein here NOW. more ›

It's dangerous enough for deliverymen today with all those teens out there mindlessly driving and texting and hitting them. But pizza deliveryman Victor Mejia de los Santos faced an even scarier experience yesterday, when he was almost beaten to death after being set up and jumped by would-be pizza purchasers. more ›

Nothing beats a great pair of NY Post diatribes on the subject of cycling, and that goes double when one of the ranters is columnist Steve "He Who Yells At Cloud" Cuozzo. As you may know, bike lanes and pedestrian plazas have been a boil on Cuozzo's neck for too long, and his latest screed, prompted by complaints about reckless delivery men on the Upper West Side, is bursting with good stuff: more ›

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A federal judge awarded $4.6 million in back pay and damages on Monday to 36 delivery workers at two Saigon Grill restaurants in Manhattan. The decision is the culmination of over a year of boycotts and vocal protests from the mostly-Chinese immigrant workers, who were fed up with their abysmal work conditions. With the help of Justice Will Be Served and a law firm working pro-bono, they sued the owner of the popular Vietnamese restaurant, one Simon Nget, a Cambodian refugee who built his business from scratch. more ›

A judge has finally ruled on a long-simmering dispute between a restaurant and its deliverymen. Last March deliverymen at the popular Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Grill, which has locations in Greenwich Village and on the Upper West Side, demanded a raise from owners Simon and Michelle Nget. The deliverymen reasoned that since the chain was pulling in more than $2 million a month, they ought to earn more than $120 for a 75-hour week. more ›