Julianne Cuba
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Pro-Car Queens Board Wants To Squeeze Pedestrians to Create More Room For Drivers
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Car-loving Community Board 7 in Flushing wants to take space away from already endangered pedestrians and give it to car drivers.
DOT’s New Protected Grand Street Bike Lane Is Still Not Protected
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Grand Street is still a disaster, bikers and cycling advocates say, thanks to trucks that can still park in the bike lane.
Advocates: We Don’t Need New NYPD ‘Vision Zero Unit’ — We Need Safer Streets and Better Trained Cops
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The new unit is supposed to crack down on reckless drivers, but given the NYPD's record of racial bias, overpolicing, and lack of understanding, few are optimistic.
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
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Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
Brooklyn Pol Who Fought Street Safety Measure Now Blasts DOT For Delaying It!
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Chaim Deutsch, who said he would oppose "any [bike lanes] in my district," is suddenly hounding the DOT for one on Emmons Avenue. No one believes him.
Advocates Fuming Over Plan to Shut Hudson River Greenway Segment in Riverside Park
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No detour will be provided for thousands of daily riders.
Brooklyn DA Let Killer Driver Off The Hook for No Reason
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Police had arrested 49-year-old John Sherman shortly after he struck and killed 85-year-old Stella Clinton as he reversed into his driveway. But Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez dropped the case.
The Mayor Doesn’t Agree With His Own ‘Expert’ Panel To Nix Two Lanes On BQE
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The mayor apparently has never heard of the concept of "induced demand."
NYPD: Closing Manhattan Tow Pound Will Make Streets More Dangerous for Cyclists and Worse for Bus Riders
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“Every hour a tow truck spends on the road traveling to and from a distant pound is an hour that car blocks a fire hydrant, bike lane, or a bus lane," NYPD Transportation Chief William Morris told the City Council on Wednesday.
Mayor Won’t Ban Cars In Front Of Schools, Says Parents ‘Need’ To Drive
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“There's a whole lot of parents in this town who need to drop their kids, so I do not believe a car ban is the way to do things,” de Blasio said.
Jackson Heights Assembly Candidate Unveils Plan to Transform Deadly Northern Boulevard
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Jessica González-Rojas, blasted veteran Assembly Member Michael DenDekker as a do-nothing pol who has failed to stop the carnage on the highway-like roadway where seven have died in three years.
Reckless NYPD Drivers Insensitively Park Killing Machine in the Bike Lane
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Not only are they horrible drivers, but cops at the 88th Precinct also made a mistake by blocking a bike lane with a car that had killed a beloved neighborhood resident.