23 New York City Council members call for doubling dirt bike fines in wake of tragic hit-and-run

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Local lawmakers will call on Mayor Bill de Blasio to increase fines for illegal dirt bikes.

Twenty-three members of the New York City Council say they want the mayor to sign an executive order raising penalties for offenders.
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They also want stricter enforcement of rules against dirt bikes and ATVs.



"(We) implore you, as an exercise of executive power, to increase the maximum fines for unlawful dirt bike/ATV use and street racing, and to revise NYPD enforcement strategies so that they are more effective in quelling this crisis," the council members say in a letter.

The law is being named after a 4-year-old Queens boy that was tragically struck and left in critical condition by a hit-and-run dirt bike rider earlier this summer. Jonathan's Law would increase fines by 50% to $750 for a first offense and $1,500 for all additional offenses.
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