Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Scott Stringer

Mott Street, car-free and full of restaurant seating. This is the future Scott Strigner wants. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Pedestrianize ‘Main Street’ To Save It, Says Comptroller (and Mayoral Hopeful) Scott Stringer

By Dave Colon | Aug 7, 2020 | No Comments

The future of the city's economic recovery could be determined by our own two feet, according to a series of proposals from the city's top money man.

Any else have an idea of how to fix this?

DE BLASIO HAS PUNTED: So How Will The Next Mayor Fix the Brooklyn Bridge?

By Dave Colon | Jul 6, 2020 | No Comments

Streetsblog asked five candidates who are running, or expected to run, for mayor what they would do about the overcrowded conditions if elected.

Mayor de Blasio and then-NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

BRUTAL MATH: The NYPD’s $6B Budget Must Be Cut, Advocates and Lawmakers Say

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

Activists — and perhaps soon, some politicians — are focusing on cutting the $6-billion NYPD budget by $1 billion, and redistributed in a way that better benefits long-suffering communities and reduces police brutality.

There's plenty of space for pedestrians to socially distance — if the city would repurpose more roadways from car drivers to walkers. Photo: Adam Foreman

Comptroller: Reduce Speed Limits, Cars To Help Frontline Workers

By Dave Colon | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Stringer said major changes are necessary because "over 10 percent of frontline workers commuted to work via bike or foot" even before the pandemic.

Scott Stringer Says $11B BQE Tunnel Plan Doesn’t Move City Past Robert Moses Era

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

The comptroller doesn't like the current (and fancy) plans to fix the highway for two reasons: there'd still be too many cars, and poorer neighborhoods won't benefit.

Does this section of the BQE "need" to be replaced — or is that just what car-culture-blinded politicians think they're supposed to do? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Forgetting Something? Engineers Hired For BQE Advice Didn’t Study Reducing Car Use

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

You get what you pay for: The engineering firm hired by the Council wasn't asked to consider car-reduction strategies, which is why the firm didn't present any.

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