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Adam Light

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There's one man on this bus. Photo: Adam Light

PHASE POOR: Empty Tour Buses Polluting City Neighborhoods with No Benefit

By Adam Light | Aug 24, 2020 | No Comments
The wheels on the bus go cough cough cough.
Finally! There's not a cop car in sight at the M10 bus stop on Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. Photo: Adam Light

STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: NYPD Cops Finally Stop Parking in the Bus Stop on Frederick Douglass Blvd.

By Adam Light | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments
There's finally some good news for frustrated bus riders in Harlem.
On Wednesday, police officers' personal vehicles still filled the M10 bus stop, one day after Mayor de Blasio and the NYPD said the situation would change. Photo: Adam Light

BUSINESS AS USUAL: Mayor, NYPD Promised To Evict Cops from Harlem Bus Stop — But Nothing Has Changed

By Gersh Kuntzman and Adam Light | Aug 12, 2020 | No Comments
Is this really so difficult?
Residents of Harlem have to "hail" a bus on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Photo: Adam Light

‘Vicious Cycle of Stupidity’ as Cops Clog Up Frederick Douglass Boulevard

By Adam Light | Aug 10, 2020 | No Comments
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to .... be cops.
The East Side Greenway near 101st Street has been like this for weeks. Photo: Adam Light

Eyes on the Street: The Greenway on the Upper East Side is Basically Useless

By Adam Light | Jul 30, 2020 | No Comments
Sinkholes. Obstructions. Barricades. What the heck is going on?
This is what Mott Street will look like (more or less) starting on Wednesday. Rendering: Rockwell Group

Chinatown's Main Street Will Be Car-Free for Restaurants

By Adam Light | Jul 28, 2020 | No Comments
Call it Mott haven.
No one wants to spend time on crowded buses in the age of COVID. Transit Signal Priority could help speed the buses, but the city has stalled on rolling it out. Photo: Adam Light

Keep Your Distance: myMTA App Now Includes Bus Crowd Data (Sometimes)

By Adam Light | Jul 22, 2020 | No Comments
We sent our intern to test the updated version of the myMTA app, and he found it a good first step in helping bus riders avoid crowds and stay distanced.
Tykwan and Nala Reid tried to enjoy a "cool street" on W. 138th St., but cars kept getting in the way. Photo: Adam Light

HOT TOWN: ‘Cool Streets’ Program Marred By Grave Danger — Cars

By Adam Light | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments
The city's “Cool Streets” program — which launched Monday with just 16 blocks as car-free play streets with open fire hydrants for kids — is functionally useless.
Police have done such an inconsistent job of maintaining open streets that residents, like these on Avenue B, have started doing the work themselves.

Avenue B Open Street Group to NYPD: ‘We Got This’

By Adam Light | Jul 13, 2020 | No Comments
Sawhorses don't do anything if the NYPD forgets to put them out.
Christopher Columbus is being guarded. Photo: Adam Light

Protection Racket: Columbus Has Friends at 1 Police Plaza

By Gersh Kuntzman and Adam Light | Jul 8, 2020 | No Comments
This is not the kind of bust cops usually deal with.
Your tax dollars at work: two officers from the 114th Precinct in Queens guard a Christopher Columbus statue around the clock. Photo: Adam Light

A MONUMENT TO WASTE: The NYPD Has Two Cops Protecting a Columbus Statue 24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

By Adam Light | Jul 7, 2020 | No Comments
Two officers from the 114th Precinct are guarding a statue of Christopher Columbus all day and all night.
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