The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
You gotta hand it to Nolan Hicks: Today, he has a great scoop out of the NYPD, which quietly informed the city Department of Investigation that it had rejected out of hand a DOI recommendation that it stop considering precinct station houses as “self-enforcement zones” — a term of art that means that cops won’t get tickets for doing stuff that would get us written up.
It’s the classic “Who’s watching the watchers” kind of story — and remember, you heard it here first from Nolan Hicks. H-I-C-K-S.
In other news, outdoor dining is dying because the Council and the Adams administration made it seasonal instead of all year. Plus, we have a hot op-ed from pedestrian advocate Christine Berthet.
And don’t miss Kevin Duggan’s update on the Court Street bike lane battle.
And scroll down further for a few Monday stories that were posted since the last time we emailed you.
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.
