The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Rabbi Moshe Indig of the Ahronim sect of Satmar Hasidim — many of whose members hate the bike lane on Bedford Avenue — endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor yesterday. This set off speculation (well, inside our newsroom) that maybe there was a bike pro quo in the works.
Fortunately, we did some digging (well, we got Indig on the phone) and apparently, the bike lane was not brought up in the endorsement discussions. Whew.
In any event, it leads the headlines today.
Also, don’t miss another Mamdani story so hot that we posted it over the weekend: Kevin Duggan found out that Mamdani’s pick for police commissioner — current top cop Jessica Tisch — is still cracking down on cyclists.
And the election is tomorrow! Click here to find your polling place. Please vote.
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Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
Mamdani could make the World’s Borough the “envy of the world.”
The good news? It could have been worse. The bad news? It’s still pretty bad.
So what’s the deal with that exploding car? Plus other news.
The Department of Transportation is poised to get tens of millions dollars per year in new funding specifically to execute Mayor Mamdani’s vision for bus lanes and bike lanes around the city.
State lawmakers still have work to do on car insurance, even if they’d like to leave Albany thinking they’ve made New Yorkers’ lives better.
