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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
Two More Miles of Open Streets Coming Tomorrow: Broadway, Lower East Side and 34th Ave. in Queens
"We're ready to go into higher gear," the mayor said on Wednesday, announcing just 1.9 more miles of open streets.
May 6, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: How Mayor de Blasio Sees Open Streets
Our cartoonist can't help but read Mayor de Blasio's mind.
May 6, 2020
STREETFILMS: Manhattan Without Cars Points the Way to a More Livable City
"We can choose the next 'after,'" says activist Doug Gordon. These two films show why he's right.
May 5, 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
Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Must Lead to Permanent Changes in Our City
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Instead of going back to the old New York, choked with pollution and cars that don't move, we can decide what kind of city we want. Change the streets and change the city.
May 4, 2020
De Blasio Looks Forward to Expanding ‘Open Streets’ — But Raises Specter of ‘More Enforcement’
Even as he promised to expand the effort, Mayor de Blasio said that process might be complicated by the need for more cops because he is "still fundamentally a believer in enforcement in all things."
May 3, 2020
LIVE FROM NYC OPEN STREETS: Hailing First Day Success, DOT Says Position on Cops Has ‘Evolved’!
Imagine that: open streets, people walking, neighbors socially distancing while they get some air — and not a cop in sight.
May 2, 2020
STREETFILMS: As New York Starts ‘Open Streets,’ Let’s Look at How Oakland Does It
We're not reinventing the wheel. We're just slowing it down. And here's what it might look like.
May 1, 2020
UPDATE: Mayor’s First Seven Miles of ‘Open Streets’ Start Saturday!
The city is taking the first steps to make good on a promise to reclaim roadways from cars so crammed-in residents can recreate in a socially responsible way.
May 1, 2020
