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CAUGHT! ‘Amazon’ Driver Steals Open Streets Barricades Forcing Suspension of Brooklyn Program
Another day, another easily avoidable setback for the city's open streets program.
April 13, 2021
Parks Commissioner: ‘No One Ever Asked Me About Safe Cycling in Central Park’
The headline above is simply not true — and we have the paper trail to prove it.
January 27, 2021
Flushing Busway Opponents Lawyer Up to Delay Project
"Let's make life harder for tens of thousands of bus riders to benefit a tiny number of car owners," the argument goes.
October 1, 2020
ALTERNATE REALITY: Polly Trottenberg Says De Blasio’s Parking Relaxation Has Slowed Bike Lane Construction
"It has actually been an operational challenge for us," she said.
July 31, 2020
White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!
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.
June 4, 2020
De Blasio Announces 13 More Miles of Open Streets, Making NYC the Nation’s Leader (Finally!)
Now we have close to 44 miles of temporary car-free streets and protected bike lanes.
May 22, 2020
Op-Ed: The Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Program is Failing Staten Island
Staten Island has the second-highest rate of COVID-19 infections, yet the least amount of open streets.
May 18, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: How Were Your ‘Open Streets’ Edition?
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.
May 4, 2020
REYNOSO: Reckless Drivers and Wild West Streets Need to be Stopped Now
Now is the time to double down on what we know works as we come together to get through this crisis.
May 2, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: A Flip-Flop We Can Get Behind Edition
Was Mayor de Blasio's 100 miles of open space announcement a compromise or a flip-flop? Plus all the other news.
April 28, 2020
