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As NYC Debates Amazon’s Delivery Model, Its Partner Fires 200 E-Bike Workers
Just as the City Council debates reining in Amazon’s business practices, the delivery giant threw workers of the job after canceling its contract with a Manhattan subcontractor.
Brooklyn’s New Bike Boulevards Will Benefit the 90 Percent of Residents Who Don’t Drive To Work
Nine out of ten Brooklynites living around the proposed bike route commute to work without a car, but lazy reporters would rather write a “neighborhood divided” piece with no context.
GET OUT: E-Bike Battery Fires are a Crisis We Can No Longer Ignore
New York City must confiscate sub-standard ebike batteries that cause deadly fires. A surcharge could pay for the sweep.
Thursday’s Headlines: Let’s Talk BQE Edition
Now’s your chance to speak out against the mayor’s plan to keep the BQE in place for another half-century. Plus the news.
Feds Characterize Trump As Mercurial King In Latest Bid to End Congestion Pricing
The federal government insists that you can’t count on the federal government to keep its word.
Cycle of Rage: DOT Issues Placards But Claims It Can’t Revoke Them For Reckless Driving
The city issues placards. The placard holder drives recklessly in school zones. The city claims it can’t revoke the placard. Come on, people!
Wednesday’s Headlines: The Phantom Menin Edition
What will happen with the Council’s “Delivery Protection Act”? It’s up to the Phantom Menin. Plus other news.
Lower Manhattanites Call for Parking Placard Purge
“Such a system cannot be repaired — it must be replaced”: Lower Manhattan won’t get safe streets until Mayor Mamdani confronts the placard class, locals say.
‘Sociopaths’ Illegally Blow Safety Redesign Outside Greenpoint School
The newly redesigned low-traffic intersection is mostly successful — except for some “sociopaths,” as one local calls them.
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Tuesday’s Headlines: Power Broker Edition
Read Robert Caro’s tome with our editor. Plus other news.
Winter Is Coming: Will Mamdani Do A Better Job For Bus Riders And Citi Bikers This Year?
Talk about a winter wonder-land — Mayor Mamdani’s big snow announcement raises a lot more transportation questions than it answers.
Mamdani Needs a Miracle on 34th Street Amid Mystery Delay
Mayor Mamdani “advanced” the 34th Street busway in June, but work on the redesign has yet to get underway as the end of painting season draws closer.
MEMO TO MAMDANI: Make Queens Boulevard the City’s First ‘Cycle Super-Highway’
Queens Boulevard is no longer the “boulevard of death,” but it’s bike lanes could use some improvement.
Monday’s Headlines: There’s a Meeting for That Edition
An urgent crisis means an urgent City Council oversight hearing. Plus the news.
