Ferry Good News: First Electric Boat to Governors Island to Launch Next Year
Battery-powered ferry service is coming next year between Lower Manhattan and Governors Island. And the city wants you to name the electric boat.
March 29, 2023
CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?
New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.
March 24, 2023
DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain
On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
March 21, 2023
City Begins Long Process of Making it Harder to Evade Speed Cameras
Scores of online vendors are still selling egregious plate obscurers, and even a brick-and-mortar retailer that had been warned by the city was still hawking an illegal cover.
March 21, 2023
Mayor Announces ‘Charge Safe’ Plan to Help Delivery Workers Get Legal Bikes, Safe Batteries
Parks and greenways would also finally allow legal electric bikes ... finally.
March 20, 2023
Delay Ahead: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Now Put Off Til ‘Early 2024’
The Department of Transportation quietly revealed at a Council hearing this week that it has once again pushed back the timeline on transforming the south outer road of the Queensboro Bridge into exclusive space for pedestrians — with the lane now slated to open in 2024.
March 17, 2023
March (Parking) Madness: A Clash of Two Disgusting Titans in Brooklyn
This first-round Brooklyn battle includes last year’s winner loser. And it may have this year’s, too!
March 14, 2023
UPDATE: Cyclist Killed by Hit-and-Run Trucker in Industrial Williamsburg
A 56-year-old man on a bicycle was hit and killed by a truck driver in industrial Williamsburg late last night — and cops are now searching for the driver who fled. Locals know how dangerous the area is because of reckless truckers.
March 10, 2023
Cycle of Rage: One Hand Whitewashes the Other on NYPD Plate Defacing
A field report after Streetsblog seeks disciplinary records on 12 cops who defaced their plates.
March 9, 2023
Teen Drivers Kills Two Senior Citizens in Queens: Cops
Rosaline Tulshi was crossing the four-lane speedway at 193rd Street at around 6:10 p.m. when the driver of a 2004 Toyota Camry traveling westbound slammed into her, causing fatal injuries.
March 8, 2023
