N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 102-c: Bicycle with electric assist

§ 102-c. Bicycle with electric assist. A bicycle which is no more than

thirty-six inches wide and has an electric motor of less than seven

hundred fifty watts, equipped with operable pedals, meeting the

equipment and manufacturing requirements for bicycles adopted by the

Consumer Product Safety Commission under 16 C.F.R. Part 1512.1 et seq.

and meeting the requirements of one of the following three classes:

(a) "Class one bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric

assist having an electric motor that provides assistance only when the

person operating such bicycle is pedaling, and that ceases to provide

assistance when such bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.

(b) "Class two bicycle with electric assist." A bicycle with electric

assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel

such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such

bicycle reaches a speed of twenty miles per hour.

(c) "Class three bicycle with electric assist." Solely within a city

having a population of one million or more, a bicycle with electric

assist having an electric motor that may be used exclusively to propel

such bicycle, and that is not capable of providing assistance when such

bicycle reaches a speed of twenty-five miles per hour.