Sophia Lebowitz

Before joining Streetsblog, Sophia Lebowitz was a filmmaker and journalist covering transportation and culture in New York City.
Small ‘Wonder’: Delivery Workers Protest Deactivations By New Food App Power Player
More than 50 delivery workers have had their accounts deactivated by Grubhub in the past two weeks — and they're blaming the company's new owner, a booming new player called Wonder.
Unsafe at Any Speed: NJ Officials Allow Illegal Driving Schools To Run Rampant
A cottage industry of unlicensed, unregulated driving schools targets the state’s immigrant population, evading the system carefully set up to keep road users safe.
Anatomy Of A Debacle: How Mayor Adams Went From Visionary to Bully on E-Bikes
How did we get here? Let's breakdown how the city's failure to rein in the delivery industry created the current war on bikes.
Manhattan’s West Side Stands Up To E-bike Criminalization
Two West Side community boards voted to call on the administration to stop giving cyclists criminal summonses.
DOT Finally Bails on Fly E-Bike After Flailing Company Admits Faking Safety Certifications
Fly E-Bike agreed to pay $1 million for faking its UL safety certification, prompting the DOT to stop using its bikes for city programs.
Uptown Portion of Hudson River Greenway Closed For Another Month
Tell us, would car owners put up with a crucial road closed for months with no detour?
Tisch Reveals Real Reason for Her E-Bike Crackdown: E-Bike Licensing
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch doubles down on her cycling criminalization campaign, saying e-bike licensing is the only other option.
Memo to NYPD Commish Tisch: Drivers Keep Driving, And Killing, on Suspended Licenses
License suspension doesn't keep drivers off the road, why would it work with bikes?
Council Outrage Over NYPD Bike Criminalization Grows, But Speaker Adams Is In No Rush
Council members want Speaker Adrienne Adams to act, but she doesn't want to.
Democratic Party Machine Joins the Bikelash on Bedford Avenue
The Bedford Avenue protected bike lane is in danger as the mayor's allies go on the offensive. The very offensive.