Livable Streets Leaders Are NY’s Most Beautiful Politicos

By Aaron Naparstek

9:57 AM EST on February 13, 2009

Move on over, Bar Refaeli and make room on the newsstand for Paul Steely White and Janette Sadik-Khan. City Hall, a free monthly newspaper, has named the pair of leading transportation policy wonks to its “30 Most Beautiful People in New York Politics” list.

While Sadik-Khan was a shoo-in, we hear that Steely White just barely edged out Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio for that final slot. Congratulations to both and let’s chalk up another good reason to commute by bike and by foot: It makes you beautiful.

Feel free to add your own additions to the “Most Beautiful” list in the comments section…

Aaron Naparstek

Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.

Janette Sadik-Khan | Paul Steely White

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