It's pretty sad when a bus lane-blocking truck with a ticket on the windshield is news. Yet here we are. This one was spotted during the Wednesday evening rush in the Bx12 Select Bus lane on 207th Street in Inwood. The driver was nowhere in sight.
Neither was the agent who presumably issued the violation, parked a couple of blocks east.
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What a mess (was Gersh actually right?!). Plus other news.
The death of a beloved small business owner is always cause for mourning in the neighborhood. But Frank, who opened his shop on the far eastern end of Grand Street in 1976, evokes more than mere grief.
The new mayor should work with Gov. Hochul and the MTA to restore the Crosstown Local to 71st Avenue.
This vital transportation infrastructure needs a lot of TLC by the new mayor.
We can apportion the blame later in the day, but the greatest walkable city in North America is completely impassible to people on foot or in wheelchairs.
As a state that values walking and biking, we cannot allow the governor to gut the rights of the people most at risk — especially since it won't lower insurance rates anyway.
