If there is a certain measure that Mayor Bloomberg is out of touch on a particular issue, it is when all 51 members of the City Council vote for something that he opposes.

This happened recently when the Council voted unanimously to override the mayor’s veto of legislation to ban city sales of motorized scooters. 

Maybe they were less prevalent in the mayor’s toney Upper East Side neighborhood, but scooters plagued virtually every other community in the city last summer. 

The mayor said that a law already on the books to prevent scooter use on public property was sufficient. 

It is true that local cops did, to their great credit, confiscate dozens of scooters over the summer, but all that effort expended on the scooter beat means less manpower available for more serious crimes in our already understaffed 52nd Precinct.

The scooters, which have been a problem in many cities across the country, are also extremely dangerous. They are responsible for thousands of emergency room visits annually because they ride so low to the ground where drivers can’t see them and because people who ride them tend not to wear helmets. And, since they run on gasoline and are often illegally stored in apartments, the scooters are a serious fire hazard. 

We commend the Council for truly representing their constituents and standing up to Mayor Bloomberg on this issue.