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Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers

Motoclick admitted to paying workers between $3.67 and $4.67 per hour in May — less than a quarter of the city's minimum pay rate of $22.13, the city said.

Sophia Lebowitz

June 24, 2026

Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers

Elections and Politics

Wednesday’s Headlines: A Huge Night For Livable Streets Edition

A huge sweep for the kind of candidates that Streetsblog readers like. Plus other news.

Gersh Kuntzman

June 24, 2026

Streetsblog Investigates

New York’s Fined-est: Meet the Reckless Cops With Thousands in Tickets

A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there's no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.

Sammy Sussman

June 24, 2026

Streetsblog USA |Federal Funding

Dems Push for Guardrails to Shield Federal Transportation Grants From Trump Meddling

Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump's meddling in transportation funding?

David Meyer

June 24, 2026

Bus Electrification

Power Outage: MTA Delays Bus Electrification Amid Manufacturer Challenges

American manufacturers have failed to create top-notch plug-in buses.

Dave Colon

June 23, 2026

Streetsblog USA |Carnage

Driverless Cars Could Save Tens of Thousands of Lives. But We Must Treat Them Like Aviation — Not Like Cars

Commercial passenger aviation has nearly zero passenger deaths per year compared to about 40,000 roadway deaths. That's not a function of driving being inherently riskier — it is a function of what our leaders decide is "safe enough."

Marco Conner

June 22, 2026

Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Another Review of the Review Avenue Bike Lane

One year ago, Streetsblog said the bike lanes in Blissville, in the southwesternmost corner of Queens, earned our “chef’s kiss,” but now we’re not so sure.