The West Harlem community board held a press conference on Thursday, invited Borough President Gale Brewer, then openly defied her on DOT's plan for a safer roadway.
Community Board 9 may embrace a street safety redesign that it has long opposed for upper Amsterdam Avenue — and all it took was a young woman's death along the notorious speedway. Or maybe not.
Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.