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Mythbusting: Don’t Assume Orthodox Jews Only Drive — We Want Bike Lanes, Too

City planners too often choose not to put bike lanes in certain places based on the myth that Orthodox Jews don't use them.

October 30, 2024

Algorithms for Safety: Comptroller Seeks New Rules for Delivery Tech Companies 

City Comptroller Brad Lander wants to make app-companies get licensed to operate in NYC.

October 30, 2024

Tunnel Vision! MTA Abandons Flawed Plan To Run IBX Partly on Street

The MTA no longer plans to hijack its future Brooklyn-to-Queens light rail project with a segment of it on the street.

October 30, 2024

Private Trash Haulers Are Still Killing and Injuring New Yorkers As Long-Awaited Reforms Lag

Private carters wreak as much deadly havoc on the streets as they did five years ago as city reforms haven't kicked in yet.

October 30, 2024

Industrial Business Wins Pause of Safety Project in Blissville

"I’m just worried about where my employees are going to park," says the business owner who sued the city to stop a bike lane.

October 29, 2024

Study Exposes NYPD’s ‘Systemic Failure’ To Enforce Safety-Related Parking Violations

A study of NYPD responses to 311 complaints found "inconsistent, and in some cases non-existent" enforcement of safety-related parking rules.

October 29, 2024

On Saturday, The Place to Make a New Friend Was The Staten Island Ferry

A guerilla-style comedy zine launch party that promised to be “weird and fun” created community on the water. 

October 29, 2024

Anti-Bike Queens Pol Sows Chaos at Queens Planning Session, Then Walks Out

Vickie Paladino whips up the MAGA crowd with lies about a DOT greenway proposal — then storms out and spews more misinformation.

October 28, 2024

Reckless: The 114 Precinct is an Island of High-Speed Chases In Queens 

This year, cops in the 114th Precinct have engaged in 38 high-speed chases on residential streets — among the most in the entire city.

October 28, 2024