The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Let’s welcome new law enforcement reporter Sammy Sussman to Streetsblog in the only way we know how: by publishing a crackerjack story about how Mayor Mamdani appears to be breaking one of his key campaign vows: Getting more independent oversight of the NYPD.
It’s a story you won’t read anywhere else, and we’re proud of Sussman coming out of the gate like that. You’ve read his work in the New York Times and in NY Focus, but now he’s at Streetsblog, so watch his byline closely.
In other news: Truck routes, temp tags and today’s headlines. See you Monday!
People have lots of opinions about what should happen to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, but the only opinion that will end up mattering is the one belonging to the Transportation commissioner. So here it is.
The Mamdani administration will extend the Livingston Street busway west of its current terminal at Smith Street, freeing an existing bus lane from a morass of placard abuse.