Thanks to Errol Louis and the team at NY1's Inside City Hall for having me on yesterday with Dana Lerner of Families for Safe Streets and transit reporter Jose Martinez. The show reaches a very influential audience, and Dana and I both appreciated having the platform to talk about the state of street safety in NYC and the de Blasio administration's Vision Zero efforts.
I can't embed the clip here -- head over to the NY1 site to see our conversation.
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