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Tuesday’s Headlines: The Toll of Lies Edition

If there's less traffic, there can't also be fewer customers AND harder to get to work, right? Plus other news.

March 4, 2025

Investigation: NYPD Nixed Thousands of Calls at Coney Island Station Before Horrifying Fire Attack

Nearly two-thirds of calls from the station were closed out just seconds after they were assigned to a police unit, evidence that nothing is being done to help troubled people like Debrina Kawam.

March 3, 2025

Sean Duffy Makes Propaganda Film In Failed Attempt To Show Congestion Pricing Doesn’t Work

The Secretary is doubling down on the Trump administration's mistaken view that the toll is ineffective and a "cash grab" from "hard-working New Yorkers." Is it too much to ask that he clean off the camera lens?

February 28, 2025

Hey, Taxi! Stop Blocking the Bike Lane … Or Risk Escalating Fines

The current fines for violations don't even carry points on a driver's license. That will change.

February 28, 2025

What Trump and Musk’s Deregulatory Blitz Could Mean for Auto Safety

Auto safety regulations are in the crosshairs — but Elon Musk may make out like, well, like an oligarch.

February 28, 2025

Friday’s Headlines: One Fewer Killer Edition

The man who killed Katie Harris in Brooklyn in 2023 will spend at least the next three years in prison. Plus other news.

February 28, 2025

Memo to the President: Manhattan Economy Improving, Thanks to Congestion Pricing

Lower Manhattan's economy has gotten an almost billion-dollar boost in just the first month of congestion pricing's existence, the MTA said on Wednesday.

February 27, 2025

Thursday’s Headlines: Setting a Date Edition

President Trump wants congestion pricing to end on March 21. Good luck with that. Plus other news.

February 27, 2025

Leadership Vacuum: Delivery Workers Oppose Hochul’s E-Bike Plan as Adams Goes AWOL

Advocates and delivery workers are against new proposals from the Governor to regulate e-bikes, so what's going on with city hall's leaked plan to keep the industry in check?

February 27, 2025