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WILLOUGHOBAD? Progressive Council Member Has Problems with Popular Open Street
Council Member Crystal Hudson now wants DOT to go back to the drawing board on a popular open street.
May 18, 2022
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
May 18, 2022
Long-Awaited Upgrades Finally Coming to Schermerhorn Street, DOT Says
The plan apparently includes Schermerhorn Street becoming one way between Smith Street and Third Avenue.
May 17, 2022
Pols Want City Crackdown on Car Noise, But Health Department is Silent
It's a noisy city, but the silence from the city Department of Health is particularly defeaning.
May 17, 2022
Sanitation Commissioner Says She Won’t Tolerate Humans Who Let Their Dogs Poop on New York
After two years that city Sanitation officers failed to write a single ticket for violations of the pooper-scooper law, new DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch is now vowing a crackdown.
May 12, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: The Ghosts of Mayors Past Edition
Mayor Adams said the other day that Gracie Mansion is haunted. Plus all the other real news from yesterday.
May 12, 2022
OPINION: NYPD Officers Must Live in the City They Serve Rather Than Being an ‘Occupying Force’
State Sen. Kevin Parker makes the case for enacting a residency requirement for cops.
May 6, 2022
Manhattan Pol to NYPD: Follow the Law on Placard Misuse
Manhattan City Council Member Gale Brewer (inset) is the latest elected official to demand that the NYPD follow the law when it comes to cracking down on placard abuse by city workers including, mostly, cops.
May 5, 2022
KOMANOFF TO BUTTIGIEG: Speed Congestion Pricing… And Show Us Your ‘Overzealous’ Concerns
In this clarion call op-ed, Charles Komanoff writes an open letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation secretary demanding action on congestion pricing.
May 4, 2022
City Launches a New Vision Zero Billboard Campaign — With Little Proof that Such Things Work
The mayor decides to spend $4 million on public education — money that one activist called "a waste" and whose utility the Department of Transportation could not provide.
May 3, 2022
