Kevin Duggan
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HE WALKS: Postal Service Driver Dodges Jail Time Despite Killing Cyclist
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Jeffrey Williamson's family was distraught at the jurist's decision.
THE POWER BROKERS: Brooklyn Machine Fights Smaller BQE at Closed-Door City Hall Meeting
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The Brooklyn Democratic machine wants a "superhighway in perpetuity," said one supporter of narrowing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
City Hall: We Hear that People Want to Keep Three-Lane BQE (Really?!)
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Some elected officials and locals are telling City Hall that they want to keep three travel lanes in each direction of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, a top city official said on Thursday — despite nearly two dozen area politicians who have called for no more than two lanes.
Workers, City Coffers Will Lose Out if Council Ditches Year-Round Street Dining, Experts Say
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Yet the Council has not analyzed the economic harm that its bill could cause to one of New York's signature industries.
Restaurateurs, Advocates Beg Council To Keep All-Year Outdoor Dining
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"If we have to take it down in the winter there’s no putting that stuff back up," said Donna Drakes, owner of the Caribbean restaurant Brooklyn Beso in Bedford-Stuyvesant. "I think that’s just a way for them to get rid of it."
EXCLU: Council Will Move Ahead with Seasonal Outdoor Dining Plan
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The Council plans to make the city's outdoor dining program permanent, but the roadside "streeteries" will become just seasonal, as part of revised legislation expected to come before lawmakers next month, Council sources told Streetsblog.
R.I.P. DOLMA: A Deep Dive on DOT’s Daylighting Dilemma
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Streetsblog has heretofore unseen internal data that shows why DOT doesn't always like to provide full visibility at intersections.
GUILTY! Former USPS Driver Facing Jail Time for Killing UWS Cyclist
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A former Postal Service driver was found guilty for killing a cyclist on the Upper West Side two years ago, a judge ruled Thursday.
DID USPS KNOW? Driver Who Killed Cyclist Had Long Record of Recklessness Before and After Hiring
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During the day-long trial, the driver's defense attorney blamed Williamson, even though the cyclist had the right of way.
Adams To Albany: Someone Fund The MTA; Albany To Adams: Someone Fund The MTA
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The fight to fill the MTA's fiscal hole is entering the dreaded Punt Zone, where elected officials from the governor and the State Legislature to the mayor all unite to say someone else has got to solve their problem.
Adams Administration’s Bus Lane Shortcomings Are Worse Than We Originally Thought
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The city's failure to make life better for bus riders is worse than you knew.
EXCLU: George Washington Bridge Northern Path Reopens With Wider Entrance
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The long-shuttered pedestrian and bike path on the north side of the George Washington Bridge has reopened with brand new entrances on both ends of the 92-year-old span connecting upper Manhattan and New Jersey.