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White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side says it supports the Black Lives Matter movement — then calls for more enforcement by the NYPD, which disproportionately targets blacks.

De Blasio Announces 13 More Miles of Open Streets, Making NYC the Nation’s Leader (Finally!)

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 22, 2020 | No Comments

Now we have close to 44 miles of temporary car-free streets and protected bike lanes.

Front Street at Canal Street on the Staten Island waterfront. Photo: Vince DiMiceli

Op-Ed: The Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Program is Failing Staten Island

By Kamillah Hanks and Rose Uscianowski | May 18, 2020 | No Comments

Staten Island has the second-highest rate of COVID-19 infections, yet the least amount of open streets.

Prospect Park West looking south from Garfield Place. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Monday’s Headlines: How Were Your ‘Open Streets’ Edition?

By Streetsblog | May 4, 2020 | No Comments

The weekend's news was dominated by the launch of the mayor's open-streets program and overpolicing caught on a horrifying video. Plus all the other stories.

More evidence of speeding. Photo: Jacob Robert

REYNOSO: Reckless Drivers and Wild West Streets Need to be Stopped Now

By Antonio Reynoso | May 2, 2020 | No Comments

Now is the time to double down on what we know works as we come together to get through this crisis.

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Tuesday’s Headlines: A Flip-Flop We Can Get Behind Edition

By Streetsblog | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

Was Mayor de Blasio's 100 miles of open space announcement a compromise or a flip-flop? Plus all the other news.

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