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NYPD Won’t Let Super-Speeder Cop Drive Squad Cars As Internal Affairs Launches Probe Following Streetsblog Report
By Sammy Sussman
Officer James Giovansanti can’t drive an NYPD squad car — at least for now.
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FDNY Brass Lobby Against Bronx Harlem River Greenway
By Kevin Duggan
Senior FDNY officials are throwing their weight around to kill a proposed protected bike lane in the Bronx, in defiance of DOT and Mayor Mamdani’s agenda.
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Mamdani Gives Harlem Bus Riders Their Own Lane on E. 116th Street
By Emily Smith
DOT’s redesign will put 24/7 bus lanes in both directions on the crosstown corridor from Fifth Avenue to Pleasant Avenue.
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Friday Video: A ‘Grand’ Grand Army Plaza
By Streetsblog
New from Third Place News: the hope that someday, the ceremonial arch will be part of Prospect Park — a true third place for open-space-craving Brooklynites.
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Friday’s Headlines: Bad Lawsuit Edition
By David Meyer
A lawsuit to force Mayor Mamdani to reinstate criminal summonses for low-level e-bike violations got a lot of press. Plus the news.
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‘Mountable’ No More? City Says New Bike Lane Design on Grand Concourse Will Curb Illegal Parking
By Kevin Duggan
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.
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Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail
By Ilan Ackelsberg
The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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Thursday’s Headlines: Far Above Cayuga’s Waters Edition
By Gersh Kuntzman
Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman is in Ithaca on Thursday for a panel on the state of local journalism. Plus the real news.
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Voters Appear To Reject Powerful Assembly Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli For DSA’s Mo Brown
By Austin C. Jefferson
The longtime Assembly member appears to have lost to the upstart Onondaga County Legislator in the Democratic primary for a key upstate seat.
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Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers
By Sophia Lebowitz
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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Wednesday’s Headlines: A Huge Night For Livable Streets Edition
By Gersh Kuntzman
A huge sweep for the kind of candidates that Streetsblog readers like. Plus other news.
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Dems Push for Guardrails to Shield Federal Transportation Grants From Trump Meddling
By David Meyer
Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump’s meddling in transportation funding?
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New York’s Fined-est: Meet the Reckless Cops With Thousands in Tickets
By Sammy Sussman
A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there’s no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
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Press Boxed: MTA Boss Accuses Amtrak’s Byford Of ‘Gamesmanship’ With Leaked Letter About Penn Station
By Dave Colon
Memo of agreement? To Janno Lieber, the Amtrak offer sounds more like a memo of disagreement!
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The Dark Web: The City Can’t Control Online Sales Of Illegal E-Scooters And E-Motos
By Sophia Lebowitz
The NYPD and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection have cracked down on stores that sell illegal electric two-wheelers, but the city isn’t doing anything about online sales.
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