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The new DOT boss says he'll protect the city's weakest protected bike lanes. Plus other news.

It was a bit of a slow news day — possibly because everyone in the media either has the omicron variant or is working from home because someone else in the office has it. But we found some items for our daily roundup.

After years of seizing illegal mopeds and once-illegal e-bikes from delivery workers, the NYPD has embarked on a new strategy that has the backing of the city's deliveristas: cops are now seizing mopeds at the stores where they are being sold in violation of city law.

We're still in our December Donation Drive, so it would be wrong to open the daily headlines without thanking our benefactors ... and reminding you why they are being so generous. Plus all the other news of the day.

Now this is awkward! For the next 31 days, we'll be quietly asking for your support. Give from the heart.

The NYPD has been caught again misinforming the public about the supposed threat of electric bikes — one of the safest forms of street transportation, and one that is increasingly the rigid spine of the city's economy.