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The City Might Give Up Its Plan to Ban Cars On One Jackson Heights Street
The city may surrender a years-in-the making plan to transform a Jackson Heights street into a pedestrian friendly car-free plaza because of a well-connected, wait for it, car dealership!
March 21, 2019
Enough is Enough: Five Ways to Fix the Brooklyn Bridge Right Now
Here are some easy fixes for DOT officials, from their friends at Streetsblog.
March 20, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
Three More Precincts Filled with Recklessly Driving ‘S-Cop-Laws’
Streetsblog's ongoing investigation uncovers even more cops with horrendous personal driving records.
March 18, 2019
Neighborhood Residents to de Blasio: Get Reckless Recidivist Cop off Our Streets!
The mayor remains silent on the issue of the Manhattan cop with 41 speeding and red-light tickets — so locals gave him an earful.
March 14, 2019
[UPDATE] Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Brooklyn is Caught
A Brooklyn man was killed when a driver ran him down on Linden Boulevard in East New York — then kept on going, police said.
March 13, 2019
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MORE S-COP-LAWS: Investigation Reveals More Reckless NYPD Drivers — But de Blasio Doesn’t Care
Day 3 of Streetsblog's investigation reveals scores more police officers who endanger neighborhood residents with repeated moving violations.
March 12, 2019
Pedestrian Killed in Staten Island — But Teen Driver is Charged
Cops arrested a teenaged Staten Island driver who, they say, ran over and killed a 71-year-old pedestrian just a block from his house in Arden Heights on Saturday.
March 11, 2019
Cops Arrest Virginia Driver for Killing Brooklyn Pedestrian
Finally, some charges against a killer driver.
March 10, 2019
On ‘Busway,’ Would-Be Transportation God Corey Johnson Falls at the First Hurdle
Council Speaker Corey Johnson has infuriated supporters of the 14th Street busway — just as he was positioning himself as the ultimate livable streets candidate.
March 8, 2019
