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A Valuable History Lesson for Jessica Tisch: ‘The Rules of the Road’ Were Written for Cars
Hey, Commissioner, listen to this historian: When rules recognize reality, suiting the distinct needs of categorically different users, everybody wins.
May 19, 2025
Tisch Rap: NYPD Criminal E-Bike Summonses Surge 4,000 Percent
The NYPD wrote twice as many criminal court summonses to e-bike riders in two weeks than it wrote all of last year — an astronomical increase that is a remnant of a repudiated racially biased police practice.
May 15, 2025
Quiet Desperation: NYPD’s Tisch Didn’t Tell DOT About Her Crackdown on Cycling
The NYPD commissioner did not inform her counterpart at the Department of Transportation that police would begin issuing criminal summonses to cyclists.
May 15, 2025
Cyclist Launches Class Action Suit For Bogus NYPD Red Light Tickets
The NYPD keeps ignoring a law that allows cyclists to pass through a red light on the "Walk" sign. Now, someone is making a federal case about it.
May 12, 2025
Komanoff: Tsk, Tsk, Tisch — Criminal Summonses for Cyclists Will Backfire
Commissioner Jessica Tisch's new policy will result in unsafer streets and crackdowns on hard-working immigrants.
May 7, 2025
NYPD’s Red Light Criminalization Marks ‘Obscene’ Escalation: Advocates
The dangers of NYPD's new policy are vast. Here's the second installment of our ongoing series on a quiet change in police practices.
May 5, 2025
Tisch Appoints ‘Forward-Thinking’ New Transportation Bureau Chief
Meet Lola Obe, the new head of the all-important bureau.
March 28, 2025
Afraid of Crime in the Subway? It’s All in Your Head, NYPD Stats Say
Overall crime in the subway was down 5.4 percent in the subway while it was down only 3 percent in the city overall — one indication that it's safer to be below ground than above.
January 6, 2025
Five Ways New NYPD Boss Jessica Tisch Can Fix Our Dangerous Streets
If the Sanitation Commissioner wants to use her new position to make city streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, here's where she can start.
November 21, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: ‘Tisch Gets Wish in Rich Commish Switch’ Edition
We were pleasantly surprised that Mayor Adams chose Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to give the NYPD a clean sweep. Plus other news.
November 21, 2024
