Time's Up reveals in a report today that since September 2004, the Bloomberg administration and the District Attorney’s office have spent at least $1.3 Million harassing cyclists on Critical Mass bike rides.

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Time's Up says the $1.3M figure is a very conservative estimate of what has been spent by the NYPD, the District Attorney and NYC Corporation Counsel to suppress and litigate a bicycle ride that lasts 2 hours a month.

During Critical Mass the police break out helicopters, dozens of scooters, patty wagons, etc, to chase cyclists around the streets of Manhattan. It's like a small armed force and that adds up. And the result is the Police have run people down, hit them with van doors, yanked them off their bikes while standing still, make arrests, issue tickets, all to just have it thrown out in court! Why? To stop people from riding their bikes at the same time. And it's on our bill, to the tune of $1.3M over two years!

Meanwhile Business-Mike bitches that the city is not getting enough terrorist defense funding from the federal government. If money is so tight, is harrassing cyclists for 2 hours a month worth $1.3 Million Dollars?

Time's Up wants NYC Comptroller, William Thompson to investigate how much the city is spending and to verify the Time's Up report.