The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

On Thursday, J.K. Trotter broke the bombshell story of a Staten Island cop who has 547 camera-issued tickets for reckless driving, mostly in school zones. Later that day, Trotter tried to get Mayor Mamdani, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and every single elected official on Staten Island to comment: None would.

Meanwhile, the public outrage over the story grew all day long. Read both of Trotter’s stories below. And have a great weekend (but if you’re on Staten Island, look out for a 4,800-pound white RAM pickup truck being driven by James Giovansanti!)

‘Mountable’ No More? City Says New Bike Lane Design on Grand Concourse Will Curb Illegal Parking
‘Mountable’ No More? City Says New Bike Lane Design on Grand Concourse Will Curb Illegal Parking
By Kevin Duggan
June 25, 2026
The new bike paths on Boogie Down’s iconic thoroughfare will feature a standard curb mid-block, but still allow illegal parking via sloped curbs at the beginning and ends of a block.
Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail
Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail
By Ilan Ackelsberg
June 25, 2026
The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Thursday’s Headlines: Far Above Cayuga’s Waters Edition
Thursday’s Headlines: Far Above Cayuga’s Waters Edition
By Gersh Kuntzman
June 25, 2026
Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman is in Ithaca on Thursday for a panel on the state of local journalism. Plus the real news.
Voters Appear To Reject Powerful Assembly Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli For DSA’s Mo Brown
Voters Appear To Reject Powerful Assembly Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli For DSA’s Mo Brown
By Austin C. Jefferson
June 24, 2026
The longtime Assembly member appears to have lost to the upstart Onondaga County Legislator in the Democratic primary for a key upstate seat.
Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers 
Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers 
By Sophia Lebowitz
June 24, 2026
Motoclick admitted to paying workers between $3.67 and $4.67 per hour in May — less than a quarter of the city’s minimum pay rate of $22.13, the city said.
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