The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Mark our words: Kevin Duggan’s story today about how the Parks Department closed out scores of street tree requests on Earth Day is so good that you’ll see a ripoff version in the Times by week’s end.
But that’s not all we have for you today, friends. Check out Sophie Lebowitz’s interview with Council Member Yusef Salaam about his support for the state’s “speed governor” bill.
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.
