Queens Pols Want a Jamaica Busway — Just Not Where de Blasio Put It
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Outer-borough tiff shows how mayor's approach comes up short.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about I. Daneek Miller
Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
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“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most
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A map created by the Trust for Public Land reinforces the inequitable distribution of open streets so far.
Cops Finally Charge Driver Who Ran Over and Killed Queens Senior Last Fall
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Police have arrested the driver who killed an elderly pedestrian last fall — six months after the fatal Queens crash.
City Council Failed to Pass Waste Hauling Reforms the Day a Garbage Truck Driver Killed a Cyclist in Williamsburg
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On Tuesday, a garbage truck driver struck and killed Mario Lopez on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. The same day, the City Council failed to enact waste carting reforms that would reduce garbage truck traffic on Williamsburg streets.
Opposing the Move NY Plan Does No Favors for Southeast Queens
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Four highways encircle New York’s 27th City Council district, a largely African-American section of southeast Queens: the Grand Central Parkway on the north, the Van Wyck Expressway on the west, the Southern State Parkway on the south, and the Cross Island Parkway on the east. Highways girdle the transportation perspective of the 27th District’s Council […]