The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

We’re going to be covering Gov. Hochul’s flawed attempt to lower car insurance premiums from now until it’s defeated. And it must be. As Kevin Duggan has dutifully reported in these pages, the Uber-backed proposal is designed to save car drivers money by cutting the compensation that crash victims would receive.

It’s just pain on top of pain on top of another handout to drivers, whose full toll on society in the form of injuries, pollution, congestion, lost freedom and noise has, for too long, simply been passed along to all of us, car driver or not.

We say enough. Which brings us to our lead story today: Lawyer Daniel Flanzig makes the legal argument against Hochul’s plan.

But we’re not done yet. Duggan is just getting warmed up.

Speaking of warmed up, it’s not going to warm up any time soon, so don’t forget to send us your sneckdown photos!

  • Talking Headways Podcast: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
    by The Editorial Team
    September 4, 2026
    “Strong reforms are necessary if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
  • Cop Left Pedestrian To Die After Hit-and-Run — And Told His Pals To Lie About It: DA
    by Sammy Sussman
    September 3, 2026
    A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
  • Nine People Were Killed By Hit-And-Run Drivers In August
    by Sammy Sussman
    August 31, 2026
    The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked … and was taken before she died.
  • This Week: Streetsblog Is In Repose
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 31, 2026
    Here’s important information for readers while Streetsblog’s staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
  • ‘Insulting’! To Avoid Disrupting Car Traffic On The FDR, DOT Forces Parks To Scale Back Greenway Fix
    by Kevin Duggan
    August 29, 2026
    Plenty of money to fix the BQE, but not to fix a vital greenway on the East Side.
  • Illegal E-Motos Still Being Shipped To NYC Despite Mamdani Cease-And-Desist Deadline
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    August 28, 2026
    Massive online retailers Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist are defying a Mamdani order to stop selling dangerous and illegal e-motos.
  • Friday’s Headlines: NYDN BQE BS Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 28, 2026
    The Daily News editorial board offered a boneheaded critique of Mayor Mamdani’s plans for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Plus other news.
  • Friday Video: A Last Longing Look At Summer Streets
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    August 28, 2026
    Clarence Eckerson is your source for Summer Streets joy.
  • DOT May Push Mamdani’s W. 72nd Street Bike Lane to Next Year Amid Lawsuit Threat
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    August 27, 2026
    Despite winning community support, the Mamdani administration may have to delay its W. 72nd Street redesign due to legal threats and plans to do more outreach, DOT said in court filings this week.
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