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What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management
A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.
June 8, 2021
OPINION: How New York, London and Paris Can Become ‘Car-Free Megacities’
A new campaign uses data to persuade mayors to embrace car reduction.
June 7, 2021
DOT Has Not Revealed a Plan to Calm Deadly McGuinness Blvd. — And the Neighborhood is Impatient
Locals are frustrated that the only thing moving since the death of Matthew Jensen on May 18 are the hands of the clock that is counting off the last hours of de Blasio's tenure.
June 4, 2021
Here’s Why Federal Regulators Aren’t Doing Anything to Tame the Mega-Car Crisis
Federal regulators have known about the inherent dangers that large vehicles pose to vulnerable road users since the mid-1970s, but have done almost nothing to stop it — and they probably won’t because of who we are as a nation, a new legal research paper argues.
June 4, 2021
DECISION 2021: Meet the Council Candidates, Queens Edition (There are a LOT of Them!)
Earlier this year, we published a mega preview of the key City Council races in Brooklyn. Today, we shift our full attention to Queens.
June 4, 2021
UPDATE: West Side Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Driver, Who is Uncharged
A driver struck and killed a 44-year-old man in a notoriously dangerous section of Hells Kitchen early Tuesday morning, but was not initially charged, police said.
June 1, 2021
UPDATE: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Brooklyn Senior on Speedway Atlantic Avenue
A Brooklyn man was struck and left for dead by a driver late on Monday night a few feet from his home on Atlantic Avenue, a wide roadway that becomes a speedway in the wee hours.
June 1, 2021
Queens Senior Killed After Being Hit By Driver of a 4,700-Pound SUV
A Bayside senior who was struck by a car driver near her home earlier this week has died — and the driver who killed her remains uncharged.
May 28, 2021
SURVEY SAYS: West Side Sidewalks are Unsafe and Unclear — And the City Must Act
New York's sidewalks are chopped up and dirty — and Hells Kitchen and Chelsea residents continue their fight to change that.
May 28, 2021
De Blasio Promises to Fix McGuinness Blvd. After Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Teacher — But Details are Few
He talked the talk. And then he walked the walk. But in the end, he kinda balked.
May 28, 2021
