The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

You’ve seen it all the time: A car with an orange ticket on the windshield. But have you ever wondered if cops know anything about that car — like has its owner completely ignored the tickets? Turns out, cops don’t care — they just keep slapping tickets on cars and only tow if the car is an immediate threat.

Kevin Duggan’s story on the city’s towing problem will open your eyes (and maybe encourage Mayor-in-Waiting Zohran Mamdani to make some changes on Jan. 1.

And don’t miss our other stories today, plus our daily headlines roundup by David Meyer.

  • Officer James Giovansanti gets into a car driven by another NYPD officer.
    NYPD Won’t Let Super-Speeder Cop Drive Squad Cars As Internal Affairs Launches Probe Following Streetsblog Report
    by Sammy Sussman
    June 26, 2026
    Officer James Giovansanti can’t drive an NYPD squad car — at least for now.
  • FDNY Brass Lobby Against Bronx Harlem River Greenway
    by Kevin Duggan
    June 26, 2026
    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.
  • Mamdani Gives Harlem Bus Riders Their Own Lane on E. 116th Street
    by Emily Smith
    June 26, 2026
    DOT’s redesign will put 24/7 bus lanes in both directions on the crosstown corridor from Fifth Avenue to Pleasant Avenue.
  • Friday Video: A ‘Grand’ Grand Army Plaza
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    June 26, 2026
    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.
  • Friday’s Headlines: Bad Lawsuit Edition
    by David Meyer
    June 26, 2026
    A lawsuit to force Mayor Mamdani to reinstate criminal summonses for low-level e-bike violations got a lot of press. Plus the news.
  • ‘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
    by J.K. Trotter
    June 25, 2026
    The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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