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‘Shattered’: Driver Fined Just $250 After Killing Queens Man
The wheels of justice grind on.
May 23, 2023
KOMANOFF: Downtown Candidate Who Should Know Better Opposes Congestion Pricing
Council candidate Susan Lee seemed to get congestion pricing when we conferred two years ago. No longer.
May 22, 2023
Widowed Husband of Slain Cyclist Says Ninth Street Redesign ’Falls Short’
The city's proposed changes to a dangerous stretch of Ninth Street in Gowanus do not go far enough to make the street safer, the widowed husband of a cyclist killed there earlier this year charged on Wednesday.
May 19, 2023
Harlem Assembly Member and Council Candidate Parks Illegally, Abuses Placard in Midtown
A Harlem Assembly Member who represents a district where nearly 80 percent of households do not own a car illegally parked her own luxury sedan on a busy Manhattan thoroughfare throughout the duration of a taped debate.
May 18, 2023
Two-Way Busway Proposed For Brooklyn’s Placard-Ridden Livingston St.
A bus priority project would convert Livingston into a one-way westbound for cars alongside the new two-way busway that serves 50,000 bus riders daily.
May 15, 2023
No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor
The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.
May 12, 2023
Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared
Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.
May 9, 2023
ANALYSIS: Waste Containerization Will Be Big Lift, But Could Be Historic Change for Trash City
Mountains of trash, mountains of politics.
May 8, 2023
MTA Will Extend $5 City Ticket To Far Rockaway LIRR Riders This Summer
"Two words that we're addressing today: transit equity," said Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, who previously represented Far Rockaway in the City Council.
May 5, 2023
Queens Council Member Joins Call for Study of a Pedestrian-Friendly Austin Street
Tiger Schulman! The City Council member who represents Forest Hills asked the city to make life more livable on Austin Street, a notoriously busy and congested commercial strip that local residents have suggested is perfect for a pedestrian-friendly redesign.
May 4, 2023
