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NYC's War On E-Bikes Takes Toll On Immigrant Delivery Workers

Christopher Robbins

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Jeffrey E. Singer

Published Apr 26, 2018

Modified Apr 26, 2018

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Yang Hai described the patrons of the Upper East Side Chinese restaurant he works for as “people with low incomes, that’s who I deliver to most often,” he says in Mandarin. “The doormen, the security guards, construction workers, nurses, the people that work in this neighborhood."<br/> — Scott Heins / Gothamist

Christopher Robbins

and

Jeffrey E. Singer

Published Apr 26, 2018

Modified Apr 26, 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.

Jeffrey E. Singer

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