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Tuesday’s Headlines: Welcome Back Edition
We’re back with an epic “ICYMI” list, except the “Y” is a “W” and it stands for we.
Talking Headways Podcast: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
“Strong reforms are necessary if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
Cop Left Pedestrian To Die After Hit-and-Run — And Told His Pals To Lie About It: DA
A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
Nine People Were Killed By Hit-And-Run Drivers In August
The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked … and was taken before she died.
This Week: Streetsblog Is In Repose
Here’s important information for readers while Streetsblog’s staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
‘Insulting’! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway Fix
Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.
Illegal E-Motos Still Being Shipped To NYC Despite Mamdani Cease-And-Desist Deadline
Massive online retailers Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist are defying a Mamdani order to stop selling dangerous and illegal e-motos.
Friday’s Headlines: NYDN BQE BS Edition
The Daily News editorial board offered a boneheaded critique of Mayor Mamdani’s plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Plus other news.
Friday Video: A Last Longing Look At Summer Streets
Clarence Eckerson is your source for Summer Streets joy.
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DOT May Push Mamdani’s W. 72nd Street Bike Lane to Next Year Amid Lawsuit Threat
Despite winning community support, the Mamdani administration may have to delay its W. 72nd Street redesign due to legal threats and plans to do more outreach, DOT said in court filings this week.
Thursday’s Headlines: Lehrer’s Essential Blindness Edition
The longtime WNYC host is unable to see the real danger out there. Plus other news.
In Her Own Words: ‘Nobody Is Envying Us Today, Zohran’
“This carnage has to stop, and we need a master plan, a vision from a visionary mayor who wants our streets to be the envy of the world. Nobody is envying us today, Zohran,” Mary Beth Kelly said on Wednesday.
Mamdani BQE Plan Teases Brooklyn Third Av. Redesign Stalled by Adams
Mamdani will pursue “a traffic safety redesign of Third Avenue in Sunset Park,” officials said.
A Helmet Won’t Save Mayor Mamdani From a Car Crash
Bike helmet campaigns turn a collective problem into an individual one.
