New York Bike Law Could Mean Mandatory Licenses and Insurance For the Whole State

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Those poor insurance companies need the money.

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This afternoon, Gothamist points us to a proposal by assemblyman Michael DenDekker, a Democrat from Queens, which would require by law that every bicycle -- not just in New York City, but in New York state -- have a license plate, to be re-registered every year only after an inspection of the bike.

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