The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Journey with us up the Hudson River to the State Capitol, where Albany Bureau Chief Austin C. Jefferson discovered that Mayor-elect Mamdani’s bid for free buses isn’t going to be easy.
Also in today’s newsletter, we have our daily headlines (plus a humble plea for donations), as well as some good news out of incoming First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan.
Stay warm. And if you do order food or other items for delivery, please consider the hard, cold work of that delivery worker and tip properly. It’ll be in the 20s most of the day.
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.”
