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Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 2021
DOT Wants to Set Rules for Moped-Share Companies Like Revel and Lime
New rules are coming to make mopeds safer. Meanwhile, no new rules are coming to rein in tens of millions of miles of unregulated driving.
September 28, 2021
Staten Island Dem Hopeful Wants to Keep Speed Cameras — And Spend the Revenue on Safety Improvements
Staten Island drivers hate speed cameras. But what if the money raised through reckless driving could directly fund street safety improvements?
August 11, 2021
OPINION: Streetside Dining Is the Future — And Here’s How To Do It Right
August 10, 2021
Billionaire Developer Pours Cash into Fight Against Council Candidates Endorsed by StreetsPAC
Common Sense NYC has spent more than $270,000 on mailers and digital advertising attacking five Democratic council candidates endorsed by StreetsPAC.
June 19, 2021
Early Voting Begins on Saturday! Here’s the StreetsPAC Endorsement Recap
With early voting beginning on Saturday, Streetsblog decided it would be a good idea to put — in one place — all of StreetsPAC's endorsements in the various Council, Borough President and citywide races. So click here.
June 11, 2021
Endorsement Time: StreetsPAC Makes its Initial Council Selections
With City Council primary elections just one month away, StreetsPAC, the city's only political action committee dedicated to livable streets issues, has released its coveted endorsements in 15 races. Here they are.
May 21, 2021
OPINION: What I’ve Learned Biking Every Block in My District
Brooklyn City Council candidate Justin Krebs is riding and walking more than 120 miles to gain a feel for each street's issues.
April 23, 2021
OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor
The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.
April 19, 2021
Brooklyn Candidate One-Ups Boss, Proposes Plan to End Illegal and Placard Parking
City Council candidate Elizabeth Adams wants to finish the job that her boss, Council Member Steven Levin, did not come close to finishing.
March 19, 2021
