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NYPD Keeps Targeting Immigrant Delivery Cyclists, Not The Restaurants Who Profit Off Them

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Published Oct 3, 2018

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Chen Qixiong, 56, delivering food on his throttle-controlled e-bike in Midtown this past winter. "For us delivery guys, we don’t make that much money," Chen told Gothamist. "To fine us $500, that’s a whole week’s worth of money gone.”

 

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Published Oct 3, 2018

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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.

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