The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
A company whose monicker suggests massive size threw its weight around on Thursday with threats and money.
As Sophia Lebowitz reports today, Amazon is giving generously to local Chambers of Commerce, who then funnel money to an Astroturf group, New York Delivers, to oppose a sensible City Council bill to rein in some delivery industry excesses.
And for the first time, the Mamdani administration came out in support of the legislation.
In other news, a Tribeca pedestrian plaza may get widened, much to the delight of area walkers.
And there’s also today’s headlines. Enjoy the weekend.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
