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After Streetsblog’s coverage last week, several Hells Kitchen electeds demanded that the Drug Enforcement Administration free the 10th Avenue bike lane from its blockade.

And our editor smoked a doobie at the DEA offices in a courageous (well, not really — pot is legal now) one-man protest!

In addition, learn how to get your bike back if DOT swipes it.

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  • Non-Profits With City-Issued Parking Placards Harbor Super-Speeders, Data Shows
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 27, 2026
    DOT should revoke parking placards issued to non-profits that rack up excessive speed-camera or red-light violations.
  • Manhattan Community Board Asks DOT to Revise Narrow Grand Street Bike Lane
    by Kevin Duggan
    October 27, 2026
    There’s nothing “Grand” about this bike lane, and now everyone’s upset.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines: Justice For Scofflaw Drivers Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 27, 2026
    Find out why a state Senator wants to eliminate bus lane enforcement cameras in Harlem. Plus other news.
  • Pedestrian Victimized By A Hit-And-Run Driver Just Wants Cops To Do Their Job
    by Sammy Sussman
    October 26, 2026
    He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren’t sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem.
  • Cycle of Rage: Cops Shrug Off Glendale Speeder Who Seriously Injured A Kid — Then Blame The Kid!
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 26, 2026
    Cops got this crash wrong — and we have the video.
  • Monday’s Headlines: A Bump In The Bump In The Road Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    October 26, 2026
    Two new stories about the city’s slow installation of speed humps. Plus other news.
  • ‘Premeditated Road Violence’: Toronto Rises To Stop Bike Lane Removal
    by The Editorial Team
    October 26, 2026
    Toronto advocates are putting their bodies on the line to protect a bike lane the province wants to rip out — and and to fight a wave of anti-bike lane sentiment that this writer warns is sweeping the whole continent.
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