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STREETFILMS: Open Streets for Restaurants Explained
Clarence Eckerson Jr.'s latest film takes you inside the movement for open streets and safe dining.
May 19, 2020
Shake Shack Steals Public Space in the Village as More Lawmakers Demand Open Streets for Restaurant Revival
Shake Shack? More like take shack!
May 18, 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: The Times is Printing Pornography!
The NY Times's Sunday piece on the joy of driving in pandemic New York might be the worst form of car porn since Ford v. Ferrari. Plus the rest of the weekends news.
May 18, 2020
NYPD Inconsistent on Actually Opening the Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’
What is going on with some precinct commanders either not getting — or flat-out ignoring — the memo?
May 18, 2020
VIDEO: Open Streets Are Letting Kids Be Kids Again
People are seeing how life is so much better when cars are banished from neighborhood streets and kids can just ... play (which reminds us of a song!).
May 17, 2020
To My Bronx Neighbors: Please Don’t Take Our Awesome Open Street Away!
Yes, pro-car Council Member Mark Gjonaj is at it again.
May 15, 2020
De Blasio May Give In To Staten Island’s Bizarre Open Streets Revolt
Staten Island drivers just can't give up a single freakin' roadway.
May 12, 2020
‘Ask the Mayor’ Questioner: I Was Hit By a Driver — And de Blasio Failed Me
Caiti Borruso says the mayor has failed her and her Ocean Hill neighbors. On Friday, the mayor disagreed. But we're giving Borruso the last word, with a touching, rage-filled, completely appropriate op-ed.
May 8, 2020
Progressives Worry ‘Open Streets’ Will Become Commercialized And Not Serve Communities in Need
The city's attempt to create 100 miles of open-streets might end up being controlled by business groups or well-organized neighborhood groups at the expense of hard-hit, suffering communities, advocates and progressive lawmakers are warning.
May 7, 2020
