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Monday’s Headlines: DSNY on Ice Edition
When the snow started falling on Friday, we were poised more discrimination of cyclists by the Department of Sanitation. But we were pleasantly surprised. Plus other news from the weekend.
January 10, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’
"It's going to be better — 100 percent," Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson told Streetsblog, though he admitted that the agency is holding onto its old script of not clearing bike lanes and pedestrian crossings until all roads are cleared for drivers.
November 23, 2021
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 (Finally) Moves Forward With Jamaica Busway, Announced in Mid-2020
The city has started installing a pair of long-delayed parallel busways in Downtown Jamaica, despite local pols’ objections that the agency is simultaneously doing too much and too little to help the neighborhood.
September 30, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: She’s Gone Edition
It's almost enough to make us break out in song — specifically Hall and Oates's "She's Gone." Plus all the other news.
March 8, 2021
CASE CLOSED: 311 Is A Joke — Sanitation Department Edition
The case is closed — but the junked bike remains.
February 25, 2021
OPINION: Pedestrians Are Second-Class Citizens — And Snow Proves It
A legendary pedestrian activist weighs in on fixing our city to be fairer to the less fortunate after snowstorms.
February 22, 2021
DEEP DIVE: What’s (Not) So Funny About Peace, Love and Abandoned Bikes?
The Department of Sanitation does not remove the vast majority of reported abandoned bikes from city streets, a deep analysis by Streetsblog reveals.
February 18, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Wheel of Excuses Returns!
Around and around she goes and where she stops, well, one thing is for sure: no one will be accountable!
February 16, 2021
SNOW PROBLEM: Ex-Sanitation Commish Reveals Why City Clears Bike Lanes So Poorly
"They wouldn't let me buy them!" Garcia said. "I love the Multihog! They work, but the Office of Management and Budget would not let us buy them."
February 3, 2021
