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The Hopeless Inadequacy of de Blasio’s “5 Borough Bike-Share”
City Hall announced small dockless bike-share pilots in four neighborhoods outside Manhattan today. Meanwhile, momentum for Citi Bike expansion has evaporated.
May 24, 2018
Bill de Blasio’s L Train Shutdown
If it wasn't already clear that surface streets will have to do serious heavy lifting during the L shutdown, there's no longer any doubt. And yet, the person who can exercise the most control over the streets, Mayor de Blasio, remains stuck in a state of feckless apathy regarding the impending cataclysm.
May 17, 2018
Reynoso: Business Integrity Commission “Incapable” of Regulating Private Trash Haulers
Council sanitation chair Reynoso and his colleagues want the BIC to revoke the operating license of Sanitation Salvage, which has been involved in two fatalities since November.
May 9, 2018
After 2 Deaths in 6 Months, Council Members Want Sanitation Salvage Trucks Off NYC Streets
The Business Integrity Commission has regulatory power over private waste carters, but has failed to hold Sanitation Salvage accountable for its abhorrent safety record.
May 8, 2018
De Blasio’s Ignorance of NYC’s Bus Crisis Shines Through at His Umpteenth Ferry Announcement
The mayor doesn't seem to know or care how he can reverse the dramatic decline of NYC bus service.
May 3, 2018
Council Reps to de Blasio: Stop the E-Bike Crackdown and Talk to Workers About New Rules
Advocates say City Hall’s attempt to clarify e-bike regulations won’t help most delivery workers, who were not consulted on the proposed rule change.
May 1, 2018
NYC Has a Bike-Share System That Works. Why Aren’t We Expanding It?
Instead of extending the usefulness of Citi Bike to more of the city, a two-tiered system could emerge in which neighborhoods outside the current Citi Bike service area get frozen out.
April 25, 2018
Central Park Goes Car-Free Forever on June 27
The campaign for a car-free park has lasted more than half a century and involved thousands of people. Today's historic announcement by Mayor de Blasio belongs to all of them.
April 20, 2018
108th Precinct Cracks Down on Sidewalk Parking — NYPD Placard Holders Not Included
A year into Mayor de Blasio's "crackdown," cops and other placard-holding city employees know they can still leave their personal vehicles anywhere they damn well please.
April 20, 2018
De Blasio’s Not Done Wasting Time on the Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar
On WNYC, the mayor talked about ferries and the streetcar as transit solutions for the city's growing population, never mentioning the bus routes that are hemorrhaging riders.
April 6, 2018
