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‘Just Absurd’: Adams Calls Unsafe McGuinness Blvd. Compromise a ‘Win’ Despite Lewis-Martin Bribery Indictment

The mayor sees no reason to revisit McGuinness even though the safety redesign was tainted by what the Manhattan DA calls a "classic bribery" scheme.

August 22, 2025

‘Classic Bribery’: How a Powerful Brooklyn Family Crashed and Burned Over a Simple Bike Lane

Imagine destroying everything you've spent decades building to stop the city from building a bike lane. Welcome to Gina and Tony Argento's world.

August 22, 2025

Cyclist Badly Hurt on Segment of McGuinness Blvd. That Mayor Adams Refused to Make Safe

As predicted, a cyclist was badly hurt along a portion of McGuinness Boulevard that was supposed to be made safer for biking — until the Adams administration watered down a plan to do just that.

July 20, 2025

Eyes on the Street: Meeker Avenue Bike Lane Is a Failure

The Department of Transportation still hasn't finished a critical bike lane under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway that the agency has been stalling for over four years even after identifying the strip's danger and lack of proper signals.

July 18, 2025

Brooklyn Parents Push for Paris-Style School Street

The streets outside a school should be for people, not cut-through traffic.

June 11, 2025

‘On Day 1’: Lander Vows To Finish McGuinness Safety Redesign that Eric Adams Botched

The mayoral hopeful advances a plan abandoned by the current officeholder.

March 10, 2025

See It: The McGuinness Road Diet Works — But Only Where the City Installed It

The road diet works, exposing the need to extend it all the way.

December 19, 2024

The Lewis-Martin Probe and McGuinness Blvd.: What We Know

What's going on with Lewis-Martin and Broadway Stages? And where does a road safety project fit into the nexus of alleged corruption inside the Adams City Hall?

December 17, 2024

FLIP-FLOP: City Brings Back Road Diet For McGuinness Blvd.

The boulevard of death will get a full safety project after all.

October 2, 2024

Anatomy of a Debacle: How Adams Put Safety Last on McGuinness Blvd.

An Adams administration saga of failure comes to a close.

August 26, 2024