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Mamdani Budget Could Tank Queens Subway Expansion He Once Supported

Mayor Mamdani's budget funds a High Line-like Queens park that could prevent future attempts to revive a deactivate rail line.

Dave Colon

March 25, 2026

Mamdani Budget Could Tank Queens Subway Expansion He Once Supported

Protected Bike Lanes

‘Game Changer’: DOT To Add Southbound Bike Lane Through Key Gap in Village

Going south on a bike through Greenwich Village will no longer go south.

Max White

March 24, 2026

Central Park

Gale Forces? West Side Council Member Wants A Bike Lane On Central Park Transverse

"I particularly support the ... transverse. Even more people would use bicycles when they know they can get from one part of Manhattan to another," Council Member Brewer said.

Sophia Lebowitz

March 24, 2026

Speed limits

AT THEIR LIMIT: Boards Covering 1M New Yorkers Want Reduced Car Speeds

Eight community boards have asked the city Department of Transportation to designate their districts as “slow zones” with 20-mile-per-hour car speed limits.

Max White

March 24, 2026

Parks

The City Is Doing to Prospect Park What It Needs to Do to All Parks

A long-awaited bike lane in Brooklyn will create almost full protected cycling coverage around Prospect Park — setting a new standard for the rest of the city.

Dave Colon

March 23, 2026

Summer Streets

NYC Pols To DOT: We Want More — And Better — Summer Streets!

A group of 29 current and former elected officials asked DOT to expand the car-free streets program so that it's not just a few random Saturdays along unconnected stretches.

Max White

March 23, 2026

Carnage

Drunk Driver Arrested In High-Speed Harlem Crash That Killed Cyclist, Injured Four Others

The reckless speeding driver who killed one cyclist and injured four more people on Thursday night on the busy main street of Harlem has been arrested and charged with drunk driving and manslaughter, cops said on Saturday.