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NEW NEW YORK: Mayor Adams Will Create a ‘Public Realm Czar’
The new public space czar would become the central node to oversee the different agencies that affect all public realm policies and projects, including the departments of Transportation, Parks, and Sanitation.
December 15, 2022
City Launches Long-Awaited Containerized Residential Trash Pilot
It's history in the taking as Sanitation workers start collecting trash from the curbside lane, not the sidewalk on one lucky block in Hells Kitchen.
December 13, 2022
Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River
A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.
October 11, 2022
Microdose: NYC Takes Small Step Towards Cargo Bike And Small Vehicle Delivery Centers
A pilot slated for next year isn't anything close to the 'logistics hotels' of Paris, but it's a start.
August 23, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Clean Curbs’ Residential Bins To Launch in Hells Kitchen
A quiet block of W. 45th St. becomes a laboratory for shaving New York's '5 o'clock shadow.'
June 27, 2022
Broad Coalition Demands Mayor Adams Properly Manage New York’s Busiest Places: The Curb
It's a popular front against "chaos at the curb."
May 19, 2022
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
May 18, 2022
City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs
A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
April 21, 2022
Got Commercial Trash? The Sanitation Department Has $20K for Your Project
The city will spend an almost infinitesimal amount of money on a problem with monumental repercussions.
April 11, 2022
Advocates: DOT’s 21st Street Redesign Caters to Drivers and Parking
DOT's plan for a dedicated curbside bus lane won't remove any parking spots, which discriminates against straphangers and pedestrians on behalf of car drivers on a deadly strip, critics said.
December 21, 2021
