Comptroller: MTA Finances are in Trouble (But You Knew That)
Tom DiNapoli says that the regional transit agency is facing a $2.5-billion annual operating deficit in 2025 — and more in the "out" years — if it does not restore ridership to pre-pandemic levels that no one thinks is possible.
October 6, 2022
Open Restaurants Program Survives Legal Hurdle … For Now
A panel of state judges has stalled a community lawsuit against the city's open restaurant program — but not because the suit lacks merit, but simply because it's too early to claim damages from an initiative that is in the middle of a legislative process to become a permanent fixture of New York City life.
October 5, 2022
CM Brewer: ‘I’ll Hold DOT Accountable on Promises and Data’
The chair of the Council's oversight committee will consider investigating the Department of Transportation for a pattern of claiming significant street safety improvements, yet failing to provide evidence of same.
October 5, 2022
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Ghost Car of the Upper West Side — A Case Study in Not Getting Stuff Done
Three months after Mayor Adams announced a crackdown on cars with fake plates, a Jeep has been sitting on the Upper West Side — and cops have repeatedly ignored multiple 311 complaints about the criminal presence on the streets.
October 4, 2022
Manhattan DA Indicts Driver on Multiple Counts for Fatal Inwood Crash
The driver whose speeding led to a crash that killed two men on an Inwood sidewalk in August is facing 15 years in jail, courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney.
October 3, 2022
Winter of Our Discontent: Council Debating Warm-Weather-Only Outdoor Dining
"What are we, a resort town now?" asked one Brooklyn restaurant owner.
September 30, 2022
Department of Education Kicks Streetsblog out of Media Event Instead of Answering Question on School Street Safety
The agency's months of silence on the dangers children face walking to and from school continued on Thursday, with the department actually kicking a Streetsblog reporter out of a media event after the reporter tried to ask the schools chancellor a question — a move that one parent said was "deplorable."
September 29, 2022
Council Speaker Makes Her Choice: Car Storage over Diners and Restauranteurs
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams appeared to throw the entire open restaurant program under the bus on Wednesday morning.
September 28, 2022
New Report Shows Mayor Does Not ‘Get Stuff Done’ for Bus Riders, Cyclists
Maybe the mayor's motto should be "Get SOME stuff done," though DOT has disputed the findings.
September 26, 2022
EXCLU: City to Entrepreneurs: Help Us Build a Truly Bike-Friendly City
"The city seeks the provision of bicycles ... TO MOST OR ALL CITY RESIDENTS," reads a new request for expressions of interest [emphasis added].
September 23, 2022
