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Snow is on the way. Please remember to send us your pictures so we can determine if city officials did a good job clearing away the white stuff. (NY Post)
Gothamist did its version of the “Mayor Adams was a terrible mayor for bus riders” story.
Speaking of Gothamist, I kinda liked this sympathetic take about delivery workers, but the headline needs work: “Delivery workers haul more NYC packages than Santa Claus.” Yes, Gothamist, there is no Santa Claus.
And, finally, the winner of our reader poll for this year’s “Advocate of the Year” is … Baruch and Rafe Herzfeld! Congrats to this father-and-son team. Read all about their heroism here.
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The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because "the design or operation of the vehicle" makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
