Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

What happened to "Bye-bye"? Despite her outrageous comments, Kim Ohanian (inset) was reappointed to a Queens community board by Borough President Donovan Richards.

Queens Borough President Reappoints Community Board Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 7, 2021 | No Comments

“Democracy is at its strongest when the voices of all the people it serves are elevated," Beep Donovan Richards said. And that apparently goes for Kim Ohanian, too.

The FDR Drive, looking south. The six-lane highway hosts thousands of polluting vehicles daily. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive

By Eve Kessler | Mar 22, 2021 | No Comments

An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.

The cargo bike corral outside of Whole Foods on Warren Street. Photo: Austin Horse

DOT Installs Lower Manhattan Cargo Bike Zone Despite Community Board ‘Nay’

By Dave Colon | Nov 24, 2020 | No Comments

This is good news for anyone who supports safe streets, less congestion, less pollution and better use of public land, advocates say.

A few hundred people, marching behind a nice handmade banner, demanded permanence for the 34th Avenue open street on Saturday. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

CYCLE OF RAGE: DOT Tries to Get Queens Car Lovers to Face Facts

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 29, 2020 | No Comments

The process that the Department of Transportation uses to make city roadways safer and more hospitable to human being is a broken one. An opinion piece from last night's CB3 meeting in Queens.

A rendering shows the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. Image: NYC Mayor's Office

City Plans Avenue C, Houston Street Protected Bike Lanes

By Eve Kessler | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

The proposal comes as the East River Park and greenway will close for flood remediation.

Community board NIMBYs are the real villain against climate change. File photo: David Meyer

KOMANOFF: Blame the NIMBYs And Exxon

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

We can't deem fossil fuel villains solely responsible for the climate crisis if unelected NIMBY’s are able to delay, water down or block seemingly every path to cut carbon emissions.

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