People v. Pena

*49OPINION OF THE COURT

Judgment of conviction, rendered September 14, 2010, reversed, on the law, accusatory instrument dismissed and fine remitted.

Defendant initially was charged with riding a bicycle on a sidewalk in violation of section 19-176 (b) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York, upon allegations that he rode the bicycle “on a pedestrian pathway inside the entrance of a [specified] subway station.” The cited code section prohibits the riding of bicycles “upon any sidewalk unless permitted by an official sign,” and provides that a violation thereof is punishable by a civil…