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The City Police Department plans on seizing plenty of illegal motor bikes during the summer months.
By Michael V. Cusenza
As temperatures begin their annual gradual ascent, the presence of motor bikes on borough streets and sidewalks also increases.
And the City Police Department has pledged to crack down on those that break the law.
“With the nice weather approaching, don’t forget that it’s illegal to ride certain motor bikes in NYC,” the NYPD recently posted to its Twitter page. “If you ride it, we’re going to take it.”
Captain Mike Edmonds, executive officer of the 106th Precinct, said that department brass contact him “every week” regarding the issue.
“They called me down to headquarters about this – to seize bikes,” Edmonds told area residents and business owners at last week’s meeting of the Howard Beach-Lindenwood Civic. “So in the summer months we’ll start doing that.”
Edmonds also noted that motor bike riders tend to travel in packs, and congregate in certain areas of the command. The BP gas station at the Van Wyck Expressway and Atlantic Avenue is a hot haven for area enthusiasts, Edmonds said.
