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Council Member Antonio Reynoso reached a deal with the city on Thursday to reform the private carting industry by creating zones with a maximum of three haulers assigned to each. Photo: Antonio Reynoso.

City Strikes Deal To Reform Rogue Private Carting Industry

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 11, 2019

A maximum of three haulers will be able to pick up commercial waste in any given neighborhood zone, ending the current free-for-all with as many as 50 private carting companies racing through the streets.

One of JoRo's trucks without any protective side rails. Photo: Facebook

Rogue Private Carting Industry Stalls on Mandated Safety Measure

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 3, 2019 | 2 Comments

“It is shameful,” said Justin Wood of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Congestion Photo: giggel/Wikimedia Commons

Council Wants City to Require Overnight Deliveries

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 24, 2019 | 20 Comments

The city would have to receive deliveries at night in order to free up road space during the most congested times and make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists under a council bill that moved another step forward on Tuesday.

We call this the Ballad of the Costa Concrescentia. Photo via Juan Restrepo

Astoria Council Member Backs Protected Bike Lane Linking Queensboro and Triborough bridges

By Dave Colon | Sep 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

"We want that connectivity, and the only way to do that is with a protected bike lane. To do just sharrows or paint is not the solution we're looking for."

Council Member Chaim Deutsch (with Mary Majao and Angel Farachio, 10-year-old Enzo Farachio's parents) wants the city to install bollards at every bus stop after Farachio was killed by a driver while waiting at one. Photo: Julianne Cuba.

Legislator Refuses To Back Safety Measures at Vigil for Dead Child

By Dave Colon and Julianne Cuba | Sep 13, 2019 | 16 Comments

A rally in Midwood shows the fecklessness of Brooklyn Council Member Chaim Deutsch.

Council Member Brad Lander, who pulled into a lower Manhattan press conference on a Citi Bike despite not having a helmet (or a bike license). Photo by Dave Colon

Council Members: Mayor Was Just Mouthing Off on Helmets, Licenses

By Julianne Cuba and Dave Colon | Sep 10, 2019 | 21 Comments

Remarks damaging to cycling may have originated with a journalist.

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