Brian Laird on WNYC.

Now we'll get a take on e-bike and other so-called micro-mobility regulation in New York City

from city council member Gail Brewer, who represents a good

portion of the west side of Manhattan, plus all of Central Park, if a member of council can

represent a park. She's backing a proposal to require that e-bikes be registered with the city's

department of transportation. Of course, this issue has sparked intense

debate about safety, accessibility, and the state of transportation and micro-mobility in the city.

And because so many of the e-bikes on the street are essentially work vehicles operated by a

largely immigrant workforce, there are so many other potential implications that we will try to get

into. Council Member Brewer, always good to have you. Welcome back to WNYC. Thank you very much, Brian.

So what's the council bill here that I see? People are on various sides on about registration with

the transportation department. I'm seeing it described as licenses,

like the license on your cars.

Yes, there are a couple of bills.

I actually support a resolution that I introduced

to support state legislation to put licenses on e-bikes.

There's another bill, Council Member Holden, 606,

which says that the city should provide licenses.

When the city testified the other day at a hearing,

which 500 people showed up at 400 to testify,

so you can see the interest.

That bill would suggest that the city pay $19 million

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