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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:

  • A Better Busway Is Coming To Livingston Street In Downtown Brooklyn
    by Dave Colon
    September 22, 2026
    The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.
  • Roundup: Local New York Jurisdictions Target the Wrong ‘E-Bikes’ as Market Outpaces State Law
    by The Editorial Team
    September 22, 2026
    Local lawmakers in New York state are all over the map when it comes to addressing unsafe and illegal e-motos in their communities.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines: The President Was At Gracie Mansion Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    September 22, 2026
    President Trump at Gracie Mansion (he’s not moving in … yet). Plus other news.
  • City Exempted Truck in Fatal Crash from Life-Saving Safety Component
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    September 21, 2026
    And about half of trade waste trucks in the city have been exempted because “the design or operation of the vehicle” makes it too challenging to install the after-market safety feature. Huh?
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