The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Everyone in town is focused on a possible property tax hike in Mayor Mamdani’s first budget proposal, but we spent the day looking into the couch cushions to see if Hizzoner could scare up more money for the Department of Transportation to do life-saving work.
There’s a lot of news and views into day’s newsletter, and don’t miss Sophia Lebowitz’s exclusive on the demise of Relay, the delivery app you probably never realized you were using.
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.
