Skip to Content
Streetsblog New York City home
Streetsblog New York City home
Log In
Letitia James

Friday’s Headlines: Tish Out Edition

Letitia James. File photo: Matt Cohen

It's our December donation drive. Your gift helps us do important stories. So please click here or the icon above.
It's our December donation drive. Your gift helps us stay on top of the news. So please click here or the icon above.

We're really going to miss Tish James in the gubernatorial free-for-all ... if only because her departure will likely encourage Mayor de Blasio to run for an off that, even if you like the guy, you know he can't possibly win.

Everyone covered the departure of James from her quest to succeed the man she helped oust — NY TimesDaily NewsNY PostWall Street JournalWashington Post — but Ross Barkan had a solid analysis of the day Kathy Hochul locked it all up.

In any event, Jumaane Williams is the progressive. Hochul is the pragmatist, that guy from Nassau County is the centrist, and de Blasio is out of room.

In other news:

    • First, again, we like to honor our benefactors from the previous day, who gave from the heart during our annual donation drive. Thanks, Principal Consulting! Thanks, Brandi! Thanks, Dom and Jean! Thanks, Stephen! Thanks, Laura! Thanks, Eileen! Thanks, Luke!
    • Like us, the Daily News covered the death of pedestrian Ramon Pena-Fernandez, who was struck by an SUV driver. But unlike us, they didn't report how dangerous roadways are in that section of The Bronx.
    • The MTA is no longer working with the transportation company Curb on Access-a Ride. (NYDN)
    • Amtrak is in trouble. (NYDN)
    • In a contentious debate, the City Council voted to give hundreds of thousands of non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections. (NY Times, Gothamist) Brooklyn Council Member Laurie Cumbo said some of the most contentious stuff.
    • The NYPD is finally taking crime against delivery workers seriously. (NYDN)
    • Wasted space under the Brooklyn Bridge, long used for cars, is now a park. (Brooklyn Paper)
    • Gov. Hochul's version of Gov. Cuomo's Penn Station boondoggle is also under fire. (Gothamist)
    • In a related story, Workers Justice Project leader Hildalyn Cohen Hernandez was chosen by incoming Manhattan Borough President Mark Levin for his transition team:
    • And, finally, we enjoyed Doug Gordon's slice-of-life thread about a crazy honking car driver on his block, but read to the end when that shot meets an incredible chaser:
https://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke/status/1468987031837679620

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog New York City

EXCLUSIVE: Council Will Force Apps To Fund Safe E-Bikes for Workers

The City Council is set to pass a bill on Monday that will make app companies responsible for their workers using safe e-bikes.

June 27, 2025

Friday’s Headlines: In the Swim Edition

Good luck parking your bike at Harlem's brand new state of the art pool in Central Park. Plus other news.

June 27, 2025

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lane Puts the ‘Bliss’ in Blissville

That new bike lane on Review Avenue is great ... and it's just the start.

June 27, 2025

HEAR IT! Staten Island Pol Loves to Speed — Then Shrugs Off His Recklessness

Council Member David Carr has 12 speed-camera tickets, one red light ticket and one bus lane infraction since Feb. 2, 2023. But does he care? No.

June 26, 2025
See all posts