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It started on Friday afternoon (naturally) with Mayor Adams’s announcement that he would erase three blocks of the Bedford Avenue bike lane — which his DOT only completed late last year — on the grounds that it is unsafe.
Then he ramped it up with another propaganda video depicting bike riders — not parents who leave their kids off in the middle of the street and tell them to run into traffic — as the villains.
This comes after six weeks of criminalizing cycling and, more recently, pushing for bike speed limits before he even gets around to slowing down cars.
New York voters have increasingly been rejecting Adams, so now he’s on a revenge tour, embracing the fever dreams of his beloved Republican party. He’s been quick to complain about politicians who will say anything to get elected, but now this guy is willing to do anything if it could possibly widen the narrowest of chances he has of retaining Gracie Mansion in November.
Just one hour before the kickoff for the 2026 World Cup, the Mamdani administration finally released the full list of more than 100 free watch parties to celebrate the world’s game in all five boroughs.
This year, both chambers in the state legislature have lots of open seats with brisk competition. So now, more than ever, you need StreetsPAC’s endorsements.
Just one hour before the kickoff for the 2026 World Cup, the Mamdani administration finally released the full list of more than 100 free watch parties to celebrate the world’s game in all five boroughs.
Most of the contenders agree: Bike lanes are beneficial.
A car-free bridge? Nice, but how about a more coordinated traffic-calming for the booming residential community?
Who will bravely lead lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn into our car-free future?
Streetsblog reset its Mamdani Meter to zero after seeing the mayor’s cowardly Eastern Queens greenway plan. Plus the news.
The city plans to deprive eastern Queens of greenway safety upgrades it’s bringing to the western parts of the borough.
This year, both chambers in the state legislature have lots of open seats with brisk competition. So now, more than ever, you need StreetsPAC’s endorsements.
