January 12, 2023
Bike New York Offers Free Bikes to Asylum Seekers
Updated January 31, 2023 Bike New York announced a new initiative designed to provide free bicycles to asylum seekers and other immigrants recently arriving in New York City. Through this new initiative, Bike New York is partnering with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA), the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Unlimited Biking, Trek, and Recycle-A-Bicycle to oversee a large-scale effort to receive, repair, and distribute donated bikes to recent arrivals from the southern border, to provide an inexpensive and convenient way for them to access the jobs...