Manhattan Community Board 3 details 11th Street e-bike enforcement
A planned October 7 bike confiscation on 11th Street puts delivery workers’ parking, retrieval rules and a persistent garbage problem in focus.
Two hosts walk through the week’s edition in conversation — officials address delivery e-bike conditions on, land use report, and what’s coming next. Generated by Aware, from this week’s verified summaries.
Manhattan Community Board 3’s District Manager said many workers cannot bring their e-bikes home, while the block lacks enough legal places to park them.
On 11th Street, delivery bikes have outgrown available parking. Manhattan Community Board 3’s District Manager said roughly a hundred e-bikes and delivery workers use the block, where residents have raised concerns about storage, congestion and garbage. The District Manager said workers who commute from other boroughs often cannot take their bikes home on the subway. Legal bike parking cannot accommodate all the bikes, and workers keep them together to reduce theft.
The District Manager said Manhattan Community Board 3 has worked with agencies and elected officials on the block since February 2024. Efforts to place garbage cans mid-block have not succeeded, though workers said they would use them. A council office has paid for supplemental cleaning, and the Department of Sanitation has provided extra cleaning. The District Manager said restaurants and delivery companies benefit from the work, while the city has not provided enough space for loading or bike storage.
The NYPD precinct planned to begin confiscating illegally parked bikes on October 7, according to the District Manager. Workers would receive vouchers but would need to establish ownership and obtain court paperwork to retrieve their bikes. Asked about advance warning and language access, the District Manager said organizations had sought alternatives, including tagging bikes and allowing time to comply, and described plans for translated and spoken outreach. Assembly Member Keith Powers described the planned precinct action to Manhattan Community Board 3 and offered continued coordination.
Land Use report: Essex Market RFP discussion with EDC
The future of Essex Market’s management is still being worked out. Manhattan Community Board 3’s Land Use Committee reported that New York City Economic Development Corporation representatives could not answer many questions at a joint meeting with the Economic Development Subcommittee about the market’s request for proposals. The stated deadline for issuing the RFP had passed, according to the Land Use Committee chair.
Manhattan Community Board 3’s committees had passed two resolutions spelling out what they wanted in the RFP, including a requirement that the next operator keep Essex Market a community market. The Land Use Committee chair said the discussion did not make clear whether EDC had included those requests in the proposed terms. That leaves a central question unanswered before the city seeks an operator.
The Land Use Committee planned another meeting later in the week to get clarification. Its resolution asks EDC to postpone issuing the RFP until it can provide better answers about what the document will contain. During the discussion, the Land Use Committee clarified that the RFP concerns Essex Market, the ground-floor walk-in market, rather than the separate Market Line downstairs.
Marte’s office opens participatory budgeting idea collection
At Manhattan Community Board 3, a representative from Council Member Christopher Marte’s office said participatory budgeting ideas can be submitted through November 6. The office is also seeking a hearing on a Battery Park ticket-vending bill and helping residents file property-tax exemptions they believe were wrongly assessed.
Residents have until November 6 to propose projects for participatory budgeting.
CB3 committee proposes mobile school council voting
Manhattan Community Board 3’s Health & Human Services Committee presented a resolution supporting a pilot mobile voting option for Community Education Council and citywide education council elections. The proposal calls for multilingual, accessible phone voting without eliminating in-person voting; members raised questions about outreach, eligibility and privacy for immigrant families.
A phone option could help parents participate in school council elections without requiring a home computer.
Lee’s office outlines health and tax bills
At Manhattan Community Board 3, a representative from Assembly Member Grace Lee’s office said bills setting PFAS drinking-water limits and requiring ingredient labels on baby hygiene products await the governor’s signature. The office also reported that state-approved higher SCRIE and DRIE income thresholds still need city authorization.
City authorization would determine when more residents can qualify for SCRIE and DRIE rent assistance.
CB3 committee identifies two public restroom sites
Manhattan Community Board 3’s Transportation & Environment Committee reported that two free public restrooms are expected in mid-October at Delancey Plaza and Cooper Square near East 6th Street and 3rd Avenue. DOT will lead the one-year pilot, and the committee plans a resolution setting out its concerns about access and emergencies.
The two sites would add free public bathrooms, with cleaning handled by a contracted company.
What we didn’t fit in this Sundays edition
Manhattan Cb3 had 14 more items this week. Here are sixfour — the rest are on Aware.
- GOVERNANCEElected officials’ reports: Mayor’s Office (Vision Zero plan, public charge lawsuit, public bathroom pilot, tenant outreach). A representative from the Mayor’s Office highlighted a reimagined 10-year Vision Zero plan, a lawsuit to block a new federal public charge rule, installation of new free public bathrooms including two in the district, and ongoing tenant outreach and renters’ rights education. The representative also thanked community members working on the 11th Street situation.
- GOVERNANCEOfficials report drug activity concerns near Seward Park. The Parks Committee raised concerns about increased drug use near the Lower East Side Ecology Center building in Seward Park. The Manhattan Borough President’s liaison also cited drug activity near the park among district issues.
- GOVERNANCEElected officials’ reports: Council Member Harvey Epstein’s Office (liaison introduction and October events). A representative from Council Member Harvey Epstein’s office introduced themselves as the newly appointed community liaison and shared an October calendar of events, including a Local Law 97 workshop, a movie night, bench painting, a district housing summit, and a food giveaway. The office also promoted a reporting tool for tree pits, potholes, and trash issues and noted an upcoming move to a new district office location.
- GOVERNANCEElected officials’ reports: Congressman Dan Goldman’s Office (federal updates and resource fair). A representative from Congressman Dan Goldman’s office discussed federal legislative inactivity due to the House sending members home, raised concerns about ICE arrests and new procedures at immigration court, and announced a resource fair on October 3 at Rutgers Community Center with services and giveaways.
- GOVERNANCEElected officials’ reports: Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (case updates). A representative from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reported on an indictment related to an alleged anti-gay assault of a 12-year-old at Baruch Playground and a guilty plea in a 2023 fatal shooting case on the Lower East Side, including charges and expected sentencing terms.
- GOVERNANCEBylaws Task Force report: proposed bylaw changes on attendance procedures and conflict-of-interest applicability to public members. The Bylaws Task Force reported proposed bylaw changes to tighten and clarify attendance procedures, including earlier intervention via an executive committee appearance after repeated absences, and to specify that public members must follow the same conflict-of-interest policies as board members. The task force noted required notice timelines and planned a vote at the October full board meeting.
- GOVERNANCEDaniel Tau wins Second Vice Chair election. Candidates Daniel Tau and Zachary Thomas gave speeches for the Second Vice Chair position. Tau won the election with 25 votes to Thomas’s 14.
- GOVERNANCEChair’s report: planned trainings and meeting culture. The chair gave a brief report announcing plans to implement trainings on SLA, Robert’s Rules, office procedures, and related topics. The chair encouraged members to ask questions and deliberate thoughtfully and invited members to email requests for specific training topics.
- GOVERNANCESLA committee packet corrections: August agenda items (clerical errors). The SLA committee chair noted clerical errors in two August agenda items where the “therefore resolved” language referenced the wrong license type. Corrections were stated for item 10 (Soft Hours Tea House) and item 3 (Cozy Cafe).
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