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OPINION: City Council Must Vote Down Flushing Rezoning
A plan to develop the waterfront would add to the neighborhood's dangerous congestion.
December 8, 2020
OPINION: Finish the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Now
The poor leadership of CM Koslowitz is holding up street safety, a Council hopeful says.
September 11, 2020
Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors
The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.
July 29, 2020
De Blasio Cuts Two Placard Abuse Units That Did Nothing, Saying, ‘But Wait ’til Next Year!’
This year's budget battle also reminded us that the de Blasio administration has literally done nothing to crack down on placard abuse, despite many announcements.
July 10, 2020
Opinion: ‘Defund NYPD’ Campaign Exposes Divide in Black and Latino Leadership
Establishment figures — especially elected officials — are looking askance at younger organizers. But the new guard has built real community cred — and has its pulse on the issues.
July 10, 2020
BRUTAL MATH: The NYPD’s $6B Budget Must Be Cut, Advocates and Lawmakers Say
Activists — and perhaps soon, some politicians — are focusing on cutting the $6-billion NYPD budget by $1 billion, and redistributed in a way that better benefits long-suffering communities and reduces police brutality.
June 4, 2020
Advocates, Pols to Mayor: Defund the NYPD Now
"If police budgets bought peace, the $6 billion NYPD budget would’ve bought the most sophisticated de-escalatory operation in the world," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday. "Clearly, it didn't."
June 1, 2020
Council: Mayor Must ‘Think Outside The Box’ When It Comes To Open Streets for Restaurants
Mayor de Blasio is too myopic when it comes to rethinking street space to help struggling New Yorkers during the COVID-19 crisis, lawmakers charged on Thursday.
May 29, 2020
Council Seeks Open Streets for Restaurants, Defying de Blasio (Again!)
The City Council today will take up a measure to require the city to create space "throughout the city for outdoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic," according to a statement from Speaker Corey Johnson.
May 28, 2020
Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.
May 24, 2020
