Ozone Alert in New York City: We warn children, the
elderly and people with heart and lung conditions to keep off of city
streets until air quality has improved. We suggest that motorists might use mass transit.
Ozone Alert in Italy, Germany, and other European Union cities: They ban cars, trucks and scooters from city streets until air quality improves, putting the onus on polluters rather than those most vulnerable to the pollution.
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Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won't say why.
From thousands of pandemic-era eateries to perhaps just a few hundred, thanks to a seasonal, not year-round, program.
They're called "unprotected" for a reason.
Curing our government of its ills does not require a lot of money but rather executive leadership and political courage.
So many crashes on Ocean Parkway. Yet things don't really change. Plus other news.
The longtime critic of street safety measures demanded action — but her proposed solution, speed bumps, wouldn't make much of a difference.
