Julianne Cuba
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Council: Mayor Must ‘Think Outside The Box’ When It Comes To Open Streets for Restaurants
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Mayor de Blasio is too myopic when it comes to rethinking street space to help struggling New Yorkers during the COVID-19 crisis, lawmakers charged on Thursday.
Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
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“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most
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A map created by the Trust for Public Land reinforces the inequitable distribution of open streets so far.
Man Crushed Between Two Trucks in Queens, According to Cops
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A Queens man was crushed between two trucks on a Jamaica street on Monday morning — the first pedestrian killed since March 15*.
The Coming Carmageddon: Will Our Leaders Solve NYC’s Transportation Problem?
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When this is all over, will we be a city for cars or a city for people?
Council To Mayor: Bus Service Needs Improvements, Not Cuts
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"Bus service has powered the city’s emergency response, providing critical service to frontline workers — 75 percent of whom are people of color,” 13 Council Members wrote.
NYPD Didn’t Get The Memo, Shuts Down Open Street in Downtown Brooklyn
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Everything was worked out, eventually, after the cops left with their bagels.
Progressives Worry ‘Open Streets’ Will Become Commercialized And Not Serve Communities in Need
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The city's attempt to create 100 miles of open-streets might end up being controlled by business groups or well-organized neighborhood groups at the expense of hard-hit, suffering communities, advocates and progressive lawmakers are warning.
EXCUSES, EXCUSES: DOT Offers Entirely New Rationale for Not Making 59th St. Bridge Safe for Peds, Cyclists
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The outer lane of the roadway is not safe enough for people on foot who might fall over a low fence, Commissioner Polly Trottenberg now says.
The BQX Streetcar Is On Hold — And Should Be Killed Outright, Say Critics
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“The BQX continues to be a waste of our time, money and attention,” said Brooklyn Council Member Carlos Menchaca.
Pols Keep Making Homelessness a Transit Issue, But it is a Housing Issue
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Kicking homeless people off of subway trains one stop before the end of the line is not a housing policy, advocates say.
Upper East Siders Back Safe Routes for Cyclists Through Central Park
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“The unfortunate death of Dr. Cammerman was not an accident. It was inevitable," said one person at the online hearing.