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.
New York City needs to prepare for the next hot day, not just the next storm.
We were cheering “Tow New York, tow New York, tow!” as Lower Manhattan went car-free for the Knicks ticker-tape parade. Plus the news.
According to the NYPD, starting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, towing crews will remove any car that is parked south of Canal Street.
A longtime foe of congestion pricing has found another clean-air fix to hate. Oh, and he takes donations from bus companies.
Advocates are pushing the mayor to make good on his campaign promise to fund and create universal open streets in front of schools.
The NYPD Big Brother approach to public space is excessive. Plus other news.
Will Mamdani cap soaring Citi Bike costs?
