In this 2016 file photo, an ATV and what appeared to be a dirt bike were spotted on Richmond Road in Dongan Hills. (Staten Island Advance)Staff-Shot

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Dirt bike and all-terrain vehicle riders rev their engines and zoom around neighborhood streets across Staten Island. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams announced an 88% increase in seizures of these illegal vehicles when compared with all of last year.

The mayor promised on the campaign trail last year that a crackdown on the illegal vehicles would be a focus of his administration.

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