Jesse Coburn
Jesse is Streetsblog's investigative reporter. He can be reached at jesse@streetsblog.org. He has also written for for publications including the New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, Harper’s, and Cabinet. Previously he was an editor at the architecture and urbanism magazine ARCH+. He is on Twitter at @jesse_coburn.
Recent Posts
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show
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It's a lesson for any community facing opposition from residents who claim bike lanes hurt business.
‘Just Keeping the Lights On’: Low Morale, High Staff Vacancy Rate Hobble Department of Transportation
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The upper ranks of the city Department of Transportation have been depleted by an exodus of high-skilled employees this year, reflecting mounting frustration among some staff members and making it harder for the agency to fulfill its mission.
New Year, Same Dangers: Mayor Adams Has Made Only a Tiny Fraction of School Streets Safer
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The Adams administration has redesigned a small fraction of streets near schools, leaving the city's 1.75 million children exposed to high rates of car crashes and injuries on school streets as public schools reopen today.
Despite ‘Total Buy-In’ From Parents and Pols, Adams Administration Sits on School’s Open Street Request
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More than eight months since a Manhattan middle school school applied to participate in the open streets program, its application unapproved — and DOT can't say why.
NYPD Cop Left Creepy Voicemail for 311 User After Illegal Parking Complaint, CCRB Finds
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The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board has recommended disciplinary charges against a city police officer for crank calling a Brooklyn man who filed 311 complaints about illegal parking – and for misleading investigators about the episode.
NYPD To Brooklyn Man: Your 311 Illegal Parking Complaints Are ‘Wasting Our Time’
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"I'm informing you that we are not responding to your calls," an officer in the 88th Precinct told the Fort Greene resident over the phone last week in response to the resident's 311 complaints about illegal parking. "You are wasting our time ... with these silly jobs."
NYC Can Learn from Car-Free School Streets in Paris, London and Tirana?!
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Even the capital of Albania has more school streets per capita than New York City.
‘School Streets’ Program Withering, Parents Blame Lack of City Support
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Boosters of the program say its unraveling is predictable, given the city provides few resources to participants and requires them to run their school streets themselves.
Mayor Adams on Dangerous School Streets: ‘We Need to Do More’
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Adams was short on specifics about what he thinks the city should do to better protect children outside schools, but he said he was open to ideas.
After Streetsblog Probe, DOT Talks Up School Safety
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The city announced on Wednesday that it would complete 100 road safety projects — many of them near schools — just two weeks after a Streetsblog investigation revealed a disproportionate amount of crashes occur near the city's public schools.
Council Education Chair on Car-Free School Streets: ‘I Love It’
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Rita Joseph, a former teacher and current Education Committee chair weighs in on Streetsblog's investigation into dangerous school streets.
Outraged Lawmakers and Advocates Urge City Action over Unsafe School Streets
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Moving beyond thoughts and prayers to action.