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New Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson spoke truth to ineptitude at a press conference yesterday, accusing the former Adams administration of “interference” with bus lane projects, including one on Madison Avenue that new Mayor Mamdani has restarted along with his Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn,

These have been heady days for the new administration, what with Streetsblog’s Mamdani-O-Meter only being reset once (for a police sting at a cycling path that the mayor had just fixed!).

But the meter is back into positive numbers, so let’s roll it out:

Another three days since his last disappointment.

Here’s that story and the rest of today’s news:

  • Pedestrian Victimized By A Hit-And-Run Driver Just Wants Cops To Do Their Job
    by Sammy Sussman
    October 26, 2026
    He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
  • Cycle of Rage: Cops Shrug Off Glendale Speeder Who Seriously Injured A Kid — Then Blame The Kid!
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 26, 2026
    Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
  • Monday’s Headlines: A Bump In The Bump In The Road Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 26, 2026
    Two new stories about the city’s slow installation of speed humps. Plus other news.
  • ‘Premeditated Road Violence’: Toronto Rises To Stop Bike Lane Removal
    by The Editorial Team
    October 26, 2026
    Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
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