At the Eerie Basin Auto Pound off Gowanus Bay in Brooklyn on Tuesday, a sizable bulldozer smashed roughly 100 seized dirt bikes as New York City Mayor Adams watched joyfully.
The crushing operation, in which the motorcycles will be recycled and transformed into scrap metal, is a new safety initiative to get dangerous vehicles off city streets.
Before the massive bulldozer turned over and destroyed a total of 92 bikes, Adams referred to the bikes as “destructive piece[s] of machinery” and waved a checkered white and black flag, according to The New York Post.
In an effort to “make all of our boroughs a place where people can move around,” Adams claimed during the news conference that he was “making good on his pledge” by getting rid of these dangerous motorcycles.
The removal of the ATVs and dirt bikes that were on the streets was a Herculean operation for the NYPD once they received the call, according to Adams.
“We have seen for years what occurs when they are under control or when we don’t enforce.” Every time they expand, they do so repeatedly.
According to the news source, the bikes are not street legal.
According to the mayor, 900 bikes and ATVs have been taken off municipal streets so far this year, an increase of 88% from 2021.
The bikes are not permitted on city streets.
On Tuesday when city officials posted the video of the bulldozer at work with the caption: ‘Own a dirt bike in New York City? Some people who opposed the initiative said, “Ride around and see what happens to them.”
They may have been given to a school to be disassembled and put back together while teaching students how they operate. One commenter wrote, “You’ve got to go outside the box instead of making everything an Adam’s Show.”
Another person remarked: “PS 220 JHS’s majority of classrooms don’t even have air conditioning.” But is this your top priority?
Another person added, “I can’t take this city seriously any more.”
And some people questioned, “What about the criminals?”
In light of the increase in crime, many New Yorkers have lost faith in Mayor Adams.
While homicides and gunshots are down 9.9 and 7.9 per cent, respectively, from last year, overall crime is up over 40 percent so far in 2022, according to police statistics.
A startling 40% spike in robberies, a 19% increase in felony assaults, and a 14.8% increase in rapes have all been recorded.
However, transit crimes have increased the most, increasing 57.5 percent, from 576 to 907 reports as of May 22, 2022, compared to the same period in 2017.
The New York City subway system has been rife with these crimes.
Deloitte analyst Michelle Go, 40, was killed in February when a mentally ill homeless man shoved her in front of a subway train in Times Square station.
Christina Yuna Lee was fatally murdered in her own apartment in Manhattan in March after being followed into the building.
In May, 10 people were shot and wounded when Frank James, 62, detonated smoke bombs inside a subway car in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Authorities claim that in March, a total stranger shoved renowned voice coach Barbara Gustern, 87, to the ground, causing her to tragically smack her head. Long Island native and publicist Lauren Pazienza, 26, was detained and accused with the victim’s murder. She was engaged to be married.
Theodore Ellis, 52, grabbed a lady earlier this month in the Bronx and tossed her onto the train tracks. She lived, but not without many wounds, including a shattered collarbone.