NYC Pol Wants Feds to Rein in Faulty Lithium-Ion Batteries
“My legislation ... is an expression of the government's highest obligation, which is public safety,” said Rep. Ritchie Torres.
March 8, 2023
Fact Check: In Borough Park, Drivers Are the Real Problem, Despite What CB12 Thinks
Chairman Yidel Perlstein expressed sympathy for a resident who got ticket for going more than 10 miles per hour in a school zone — because she hit the gas to pass a person on a bike.
March 7, 2023
THE POWER BROKERS: Brooklyn Machine Fights Smaller BQE at Closed-Door City Hall Meeting
The Brooklyn Democratic machine wants a "superhighway in perpetuity," said one supporter of narrowing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
March 4, 2023
YES IN OUR BACKYARD: New Yorkers Widely Support Parking Reform, Density Near Transit
New Yorkers want livable communities, not parking requirements that make housing more expensive.
March 2, 2023
City May Build A Temporary Highway Through Brooklyn Heights After All
Hey 2023, 2018 called and it wants its temporary highway back.
March 1, 2023
Family of Killed Cyclist Will Seek $100M For City Negligence in Crash
“They knew and did nothing,” Sarah Schick's widowed husband Maxime Le Munier said on Monday.
February 27, 2023
Council to DSNY Commish: Move Faster on Rogue Carting Biz
The city’s long-awaited overhaul of the rogue private carting industry won’t happen until late 2024 at the earliest — five years after the reforms became law.
February 23, 2023
Is The Solution to Deadly Lithium-Ion Battery Fires a Trade-In Program?
Advocates and experts are calling for a "battery buy-back" program modeled on successful efforts to reduce guns.
February 22, 2023
A Presidents’ Day Interview with Brooklyn Borough Prez Antonio Reynoso
This president wants a completion of Brooklyn’s waterfront greenway and ensuring that the city better tackles road violence through improved street design and new laws.
February 20, 2023
Pols and Advocates Demand City Crack Down on Last-Mile Facilities
Pols and advocates seeking to rein in the “last-mile” distribution facilities that are proliferating in low-income communities of color demanded — again — on Thursday that the city crack down on the gas-guzzling trucks ruining their neighborhoods.
February 16, 2023
