**** hit the fan in portland Oregon with CM during the start of the war. People getting arrested and ticketed and beat up etc. Eventually the response was to form "alternative" CM's where we would organize a hush hush location via word of mouth. The cops never caught on and sometimes we would even see the normal CM ahead being "escorted" by cops.
Sooner or later NYC CM was gonna go down...just be glad it was later then some. New tactics need to be devised. If you dont want to ride with the main group get some friends together and ride around town at the same time. Many scattered groups can have the same message.