While signing five bills designed to combat an ongoing scourge of fires linked to faulty batteries found in e-bikes and e-scooters, used by most delivery workers, Mayor Eric Adams on Monday released his own plan to combat the blazes.
During a news conference at City Hall on Monday morning, the mayor remarked on just how dangerous these battery-associated fires can be, as they spread faster than other fires and are harder to extinguish.
that fail to meet industry safety standards — chiefly standard 2771 established by Underwriters Laboratories. “We were proud to work on a very thorough package of fire safety legislation, including legislation that will require that these batteries be certified in order to be sold,” he added. “Requiring these batteries go through fire safety checks, to make sure that they have tools that prevent overheating, overcharging and other things that we’ve seen cause fires.
The pilot program, a partnership between NYCHA and Con Edison that’s already underway, aims to install charging stations and outdoor storage for e-bikes and e-scooters at four public housing developments, which is designed to reduce the risk of fires spreading in buildings. NYCHA is also applying for a $25 million federal grant to expand the program to install 173 charging and storage stations at 53 public housing developments across the five boroughs, according to the plan.
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