VIDEO: FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh is in Washington D.C. this week to address the pressing issue of unregulated lithium-ion batteries.
Joining “Mornings On 1” Thursday via video conference call from the nation’s capital, Kavanagh said she will be meeting with lawmakers and the U.S. Conference of Mayors to emphasize the need for urgent action on these potentially deadly devices often used in electric bikes and scooters.
“New York City has already banned these [types of batteries], and we have done enforcement in every bike shop in New York City. And we are still seeing these, in particular, most of our deaths are in private homes, with devices that are already banned. So you know, that tells us not only is that a place where we can't enforce, it also tells us these are making their way in despite our ban on them, and the only way to really stop that is to stop them from coming into the ports in the first place, and that’s what we’re asking the feds to do,” she said.