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Knives Out: Here Are This Weekend’s New ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets
The city has announced 21 more locations for outdoor dining starting this weekend, bringing the total number of weekend dining streets and plazas to 85 locations. Here are the new stretches.
August 14, 2020
FiDi Commuting Habits Make Strong Case for Full Pedestrianization
Lower Manhattan residents are voting with their feet for an aggressive pedestrianization program in their neighborhood.
August 12, 2020
Pedestrianize ‘Main Street’ To Save It, Says Comptroller (and Mayoral Hopeful) Scott Stringer
The future of the city's economic recovery could be determined by our own two feet, according to a series of proposals from the city's top money man.
August 7, 2020
Busway Boosters to City Hall: Do Your Job. We’re Your Constituents, Too
Flushing busway advocates are railing against the Department of Transportation for what appears to be its acquiescence to a small contingent of busway opponents.
August 5, 2020
UPDATE: Mayor Makes Curbside Restaurant Seating Permanent
"We're looking at that [year-round]," Hizzoner said at his Monday presser.
August 3, 2020
Mayor Reveals 15 More ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets Starting this Weekend
The city is allowing 15 more community groups or stakeholders to operate restaurants in public roadways starting this weekend — bringing to 62 the total number of eatery plazas the city has permitted since the start of July.
July 31, 2020
SEE IT: Car-Free Mott Street is a Model for All Commercial Zones
Boosters say Mott Street points the way to what can be done citywide.
July 30, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: ‘Open Streets for Schools’ Keeps Kids Safe
Our editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy has been bemusedly watching the current debate over open streets for school kids.
July 28, 2020
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods, Data Show
Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.
July 27, 2020
