The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
One of the big stories yesterday: The Mamdani administration admitted at a Council hearing that it hasn’t put aside enough money to enforce the Council’s worker protection laws.
That’s concerning to anyone who cares about safe streets because delivery workers often feel rushed when their app overlords threaten to deactivate them.
As always, Sophia Lebowitz has the story.
Not to be outdone, Dave Colon looked at a nascent effort to get the NYPD out of the DOT’s business (or at least what once was the DOT’s business) of traffic enforcement.
Plus other news, and today’s headlines. We really set you up for the weekend, don’t we?
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.
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.
