Sophia Lebowitz
Now Do Cars: NYPD Gets Serious About Illegal Parking (But Not THAT Illegal Parking)
An NYPD illegal parking crackdown!? Not exactly...
March 11, 2025
Chinatown Business Owners Who Drive to Work Say That Congestion Pricing is Bad
Shops in Lower Manhattan claim they're losing business in a survey full of hearsay.
March 10, 2025
Not Another Mayor Adams? Adrienne Adams Has Little To Show On Street Safety
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams's transportation is marked mostly by indifference — and some occasional meddling.
March 9, 2025
City Hall Joins Council Fight To Reduce ‘Last Mile’ Truck Use
"For a long time, neighborhoods like mine have suffered as the result of the poor air quality, inflicted on us by the massive influx of large trucks on our roads," said Sunset Park's Council member.
March 4, 2025
Leadership Vacuum: Delivery Workers Oppose Hochul’s E-Bike Plan as Adams Goes AWOL
Advocates and delivery workers are against new proposals from the Governor to regulate e-bikes, so what's going on with city hall's leaked plan to keep the industry in check?
February 27, 2025
‘City of … Sort Of’: How Do The ‘Outer Transit Zone’ Parking Mandate Reductions Work?
The City Council's ultimate approval of Mayor Adams’s "City of Yes" rezoning was political meat-grinding at its best, but somewhat tasty in the end.
February 26, 2025
Staten Island Speed Camera Defacer, a Recidivist Reckless Driver, Has Charges Dropped by Sympathetic DA
The infamous MAGA activist doesn't even get a slap on the wrist for blocking speed cameras all over Staten Island.
February 24, 2025
Too Much Illegal Parking Prompts Community Board to Reject New Housing
Even after the city greatly reduced parking mandates in the City of Yes initiative, parking is still at the center of many debates about new housing.
February 18, 2025
City E-Bike Swap Program Uses Bikes from Fly, a Company With Safety Violations
A Streetsblog investigation found Fly, a popular e-bike and moped vendor, has consistently skirted city regulations, but now the company is at the heart of the city's first e-bike trade-in program.
February 13, 2025
FDNY To Drivers: Please Stop Parking At Hydrants
Parking scofflaws turn a fire fatal. The public could help, if the Council would pass a bill creating citizen enforcement.
February 11, 2025
