Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael DenDekker

After Cyclist Vandalizes His Car, DenDekker Compares Self to Gabby Giffords

By Noah Kazis | Jun 10, 2011 | 11 Comments

Just months ago, Queens Assembly Member Michael DenDekker was reaping widespread scorn for his proposal to require every cyclist in the state, even those just off their training wheels, to obtain a license. He also floated the idea of enforcing non-existent helmet laws with the widespread use of cameras. (He eventually withdrew the bike license […]

Michael DenDekker Explains His Inexplicable Bike License Bill

By Ben Fried | Mar 1, 2011 | 37 Comments

Remember last month when Council Member Eric Ulrich came out with the idea of creating a complicated new bureaucracy to register and identify New Yorkers who ride bikes, a proposal that would build an expensive and redundant personal identification system on top of our existing ID systems, opening the door to increased harassment of cyclists […]