The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
If you’re reading this on Tuesday morning, you’re probably still dealing with the mess of Sunday’s storm. Now, some inconvenience is to be expected, but if Streetsblog stands for anything, it stands for pedestrians — and, frankly, Monday was a shitshow for people on foot or in wheelchairs.
And that’s not right in the greatest walkable city in North America. So we expect more news as Mayor Mamdani faces questions from the press this morning.
But today’s newsletter isn’t only about the snow. We also have great stories from Kevin Duggan, John Surico and Brent Shearer.
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.
