Eyes on the Street: Miracle on Fifth Avenue Near Rockefeller Center
Mayor de Blasio's bold plan to take lanes away from drivers and give them to pedestrians around Rockefeller Center is working — but only on the side streets that are actually closed to cars entirely.
December 9, 2019
Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers
No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?
December 6, 2019
Speeding Driver Kills Woman near 5MPH ‘Shared Street’ in Downtown Brooklyn
Even in an area redesigned to prioritize people over automobiles, a driver still killed a woman Wednesday morning.
December 4, 2019
Brooklyn Heights Group Wants to Break the Car Culture, Nix Lanes on Rebuilt BQE
"We’ve seen the concept of induced demand in a lot of other cities and we’re hoping the planners take [a reduction in lanes] seriously here,” the group's executive director said.
December 3, 2019
Attorney for Killed Cyclist: Victim-Blaming NYPD is Conducting a Botched Investigation
She had the right of way.
November 29, 2019
Speaker Johnson: No, Really, This Time the City Will End Placard Abuse! (Or at Least Start to End it!)
If that sounds like a lot of hemming and hawing, ha ha, well, it is!
November 27, 2019
MTA to City Hall: Stop Lying about Rockefeller Center Plan
Wow, it's a classic governmental back-and-forth, with an extra back-and-forth added in!
November 25, 2019
GRINCH NO MORE! Mayor Will Create More Pedestrian Space in Rockefeller Center for the Holidays
He's no longer a mean one, Mr. Mayor.
November 22, 2019
Police Searching For Killer Car Thief
Early reports were wrong: the bad guy who stole a car in Queens and then left it to run over a woman remains at large.
November 22, 2019
Scofflaw Driver Kills Man in Manhattan Crosswalk, But Cops Issue No Charges
A driver ran over and killed a 61-year-old man in a Manhattan crosswalk earlier this month — but cops are already absolving the driver of any wrongdoing, telling the press that he "didn't realize" he had hit anyone.
November 20, 2019
