The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Our top story today: When the NYPD wants to punish a cop, they ruin his commute, according to a new lawsuit against John Chell that underscores the extent that cars play in the life of cops.
Beyond that, we have great stories about the city’s trash containerization plans, its possibly too-tame protected bike lane plan in Greenpoint and today’s headlines.
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.
