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Friday’s Headlines: The Office Edition
We're finally back in our office in TriBeChinaTombs after a year-plus of Zooms and Slack. Plus today's news digest.
June 4, 2021
OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
May 28, 2021
‘Nightmare’ on 34th Avenue? Residents Rally Against the ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street that Has Added Safety and Recreation Space
A protest against open streets ... on an open street!
May 22, 2021
UNCIVIL WAR! Parking-Obsessed Opponents of Health, Safety and Parks Berate DOT Officials for an Hour
Is this what democracy looks like? If so, can we try another system?
May 13, 2021
OPINION: 34th Avenue is An Opportunity to Undo Decades of Unjust, Racist Policies
Streetsblog's "Park Week" continues with another opinion piece in support of a new petition drive for converting the 34th Avenue open street into a linear park.
May 12, 2021
DONOVAN RICHARDS: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue Can Lead the Reimagining of Our Streets
Borough President Donovan Richards is the latest Queens elected official to champion a conversion of a car sewer into a 24-7 park.
May 11, 2021
TODAY: Council to Pass Law Mandating Fuller, Bolder Open Streets Program
The City Council will close the gap of leadership exhibited by the de Blasio administration on making permanent the open streets program — mandating more open streets, allowing for their conversion into 24-7 car-free zones and ensuring that they are equitably distributed.
April 28, 2021
THE STREETSBLOG INTERVIEW: Vax Daddy Huge Ma is the City’s Newest Bike Lane Advocate
The beloved by recently anonymous techie behind TurboVax sat down with Streetsblog to talk about his next fight: safe streets.
April 20, 2021
ANALYSIS: Mayor de Blasio Has Abandoned the Open Streets ‘Program’
It's been a terrible week for open streets, with a volunteer being attacked by a car owner, open streets equipment being vandalized, opponents circulating petitions ... and a mayor who remains silent.
April 12, 2021
REPORT: City Spent More to Settle Crash Suits Last Year
Injuries caused by city employees behind the wheel of their taxpayer-funded government cars cost the city close to $150 million in settlements last year — 33 percent more than they did just one year earlier, a new report shows.
April 12, 2021
