TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan
All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.
April 4, 2023
Council Budget Response: $3M for Battery Swaps and $61M for Fair Fares (Among Other Things)
Mayor Adams needs to spend millions more to fund the Fair Fares program, make roads safer and make a "down payment" on a battery swap program to thwart fires from substandard lithium-ion power packs, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers say.
April 4, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: City to Ban Teslas, Citing Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
The Adams administration will issue an emergency order today, April 1, barring the owners of Teslas and other lithium-ion powered cars from driving their vehicles into the five boroughs, citing the well-documented danger that the batteries pose to the general public.
April 1, 2023
Dept. of Investigation Says Cops DID Harass 311 Callers, Confirming Streetsblog Account
City investigators have concluded that members of the NYPD harassed two men who filed 311 complaints about illegal parking and other unsafe road conditions, harassment that Streetsblog revealed in multiple exclusive stories last year.
March 30, 2023
Ferry Good News: First Electric Boat to Governors Island to Launch Next Year
Battery-powered ferry service is coming next year between Lower Manhattan and Governors Island. And the city wants you to name the electric boat.
March 29, 2023
CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?
New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.
March 24, 2023
DOT Shows Off Ways to ‘Reconnect’ Communities Harmed by BQE, But Questions Remain
On Tuesday night, the Adams administration offered a glimpse of some changes it hopes to make along the BQE corridor.
March 21, 2023
City Begins Long Process of Making it Harder to Evade Speed Cameras
Scores of online vendors are still selling egregious plate obscurers, and even a brick-and-mortar retailer that had been warned by the city was still hawking an illegal cover.
March 21, 2023
Mayor Announces ‘Charge Safe’ Plan to Help Delivery Workers Get Legal Bikes, Safe Batteries
Parks and greenways would also finally allow legal electric bikes ... finally.
March 20, 2023
Delay Ahead: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Now Put Off Til ‘Early 2024’
The Department of Transportation quietly revealed at a Council hearing this week that it has once again pushed back the timeline on transforming the south outer road of the Queensboro Bridge into exclusive space for pedestrians — with the lane now slated to open in 2024.
March 17, 2023
