{"id":411,"date":"2026-03-18T15:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=411"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:45:13","slug":"exclusive-mamdani-halts-nypds-criminal-crackdown-on-cyclists-ending-harsher-treatment-of-bicyclists-than-car-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2026\/03\/18\/exclusive-mamdani-halts-nypds-criminal-crackdown-on-cyclists-ending-harsher-treatment-of-bicyclists-than-car-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Halts NYPD\u2019s Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists, Ending Harsher Treatment of Bicyclists Than Car Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>War is over: Mayor Mamdani has ended his predecessor\u2019s criminal crackdown on cycling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re serious about safety, we have to address the root causes of dangerous riding, and that includes the systems pushing people on bikes to take risks,\u201d said Council Member Shaun Abreu (D-Morningside Heights). Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/2026\/03\/18\/mamdani-ends-nypd-ebike-cyclist-criminal-summons\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>War is over: Mayor Mamdani has ended his predecessor\u2019s criminal crackdown on cycling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re serious about safety, we have to address the root causes of dangerous riding, and that includes the systems pushing people on bikes to take risks,\u201d said Council Member Shaun Abreu (D-Morningside Heights). Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.streetsblog.org\/2026\/03\/18\/mamdani-ends-nypd-ebike-cyclist-criminal-summons\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}