The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 19, 2010 NYC to Pay Critical Mass Bike Riders Nearly $1 Million in Settlement -------------------------------------------------------------------- And the City of New York has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by eighty-three cyclists who claimed they were wrongly arrested while taking part in the Critical Mass bike ride.