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Council ‘Almost There’ on Permanent Open Restaurants: Speaker Adams
The head of the restive Council said lawmakers are struggling to account for the needs of restaurant owners as well as the differing needs of the many diverse neighborhoods of the city, Adams said at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
February 7, 2023
MTA Boss: City Must Meet Its ‘Commitment’ to Bus Lanes This Year
A promise made has to be a promise kept.
January 31, 2023
Council Wants Answers from Adams Administration on Road Violence Epidemic
The City Council's Transportation Committee has scheduled a long-overdue hearing to determine if Mayor Adams is honoring his pledge to "take seriously" the ongoing road violence epidemic — and it's demanding that Adams administration officials show up to testify.
January 27, 2023
ANALYSIS: Council’s Transportation Committee Has Little to Show in First Year
The City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure lagged behind nearly every other committee when it comes to passing legislation and holding hearings on bills in 2022 — revealing a decline in accountability and productivity compared to previous leadership, advocates and data indicate. Here's a deep analysis.
January 11, 2023
Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants
Mayor Adams is pushing the City Council to keep the Department of Transportation in charge of outdoor dining, rather than move it to the much smaller Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, a move that advocates fear would sabotage the popular al-fresco "streeteries."
October 20, 2022
‘A NIMBY City Hall’: Adams Appointees Thwart Key Bike and Bus Projects
As the city seeks to redesign its streets to better serve transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists, interference is emerging from an unlikely place: City Hall itself. And one division of City Hall in particular.
October 17, 2022
Winter of Our Discontent: Council Debating Warm-Weather-Only Outdoor Dining
"What are we, a resort town now?" asked one Brooklyn restaurant owner.
September 30, 2022
IN MEMORIAM: Roger Herz, Longtime Bike Advocate Who Gave Mayors an Earful
An activist known for his persistence lived by the motto 'better futile than passive.'
August 29, 2022
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
June 29, 2022
OPINION: Why We Must Eliminate Placards — And Here’s How We’ll Do It
City Council Member Lincoln Restler offers his plan to solve the problem.
June 2, 2022
