The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.

Today is the State of the State address in Albany — and Gov. Hochul is going to make lots of news, we’re told:

1. She’ll announce that the Second Avenue Subway will not end in East Harlem, but will indeed turn left and go west along 125th Street all the way to Broadway.

2. And she’ll also announce that the city will get to implement some version of the “Stop Super Speeders” bill to rein in the worst of the worst reckless drivers.

That latter scoop comes to us via our newest Streetsblog — Streetsblog Empire State, where Albany Bureau Chief Austin C. Jefferson is already kicking ass and taking names.

In other news from today’s newsletter, don’t miss Sophia Lebowitz’s report on the latest shenanigans by the delivery app companies, Kevin Duggan’s quick take on a judge’s decision yesterday to allow the city to keep the Court Street bike lane in place, and Dave Colon’s second story of the day, his take on automated bus lane enforcement.

What a day. And don’t forget to sign up for the Streetsblog Empire State newsletter, which you can do on the Empire homepage.

  • ‘Mountable’ No More? City Says New Bike Lane Design on Grand Concourse Will Curb Illegal Parking
    by Kevin Duggan
    June 25, 2026
    The new bike paths on Boogie Down’s iconic thoroughfare will feature a standard curb mid-block, but still allow illegal parking via sloped curbs at the beginning and ends of a block.
  • Opinion: The Case for Letting the BQE Fail
    by J.K. Trotter
    June 25, 2026
    The same activism that saved the Brooklyn Heights Promenade could bring down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: Far Above Cayuga’s Waters Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    June 25, 2026
    Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman is in Ithaca on Thursday for a panel on the state of local journalism. Plus the real news.
  • Voters Appear To Reject Powerful Assembly Transportation Chair Bill Magnarelli For DSA’s Mo Brown
    by The Editorial Team
    June 24, 2026
    The longtime Assembly member appears to have lost to the upstart Onondaga County Legislator in the Democratic primary for a key upstate seat.
  • Mamdani Moves to Ban ‘Scam’ Delivery App Motoclick For Underpaying Workers 
    by Sophia Lebowitz
    June 24, 2026
    Motoclick admitted to paying workers between $3.67 and $4.67 per hour in May — less than a quarter of the city’s minimum pay rate of $22.13, the city said.
  • Wednesday’s Headlines: A Huge Night For Livable Streets Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    June 24, 2026
    A huge sweep for the kind of candidates that Streetsblog readers like. Plus other news.
  • Dems Push for Guardrails to Shield Federal Transportation Grants From Trump Meddling
    by The Editorial Team
    June 24, 2026
    Will Senate Democrats leverage the proposed Build America 250 Act to end President Trump’s meddling in transportation funding?
  • New York’s Fined-est: Meet the Reckless Cops With Thousands in Tickets
    by Sammy Sussman
    June 24, 2026
    A single unmarked NYPD car has been nabbed by city speeding cameras hundreds of times over the past three years — but there’s no paperwork disputing the tickets as essential to police work.
  • Press Boxed: MTA Boss Accuses Amtrak’s Byford Of ‘Gamesmanship’ With Leaked Letter About Penn Station
    by Dave Colon
    June 23, 2026
    Memo of agreement? To Janno Lieber, the Amtrak offer sounds more like a memo of disagreement!
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