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Traffic from Car-Driving Charter School Parents Vexes Upper Manhattan; City Provides No Oversight
And it is about to get worse as two new charters are planning to open in the area.
November 1, 2022
Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments
Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.
October 3, 2022
Two Years After a Hit-And-Run Driver Killed a 4-Year-Old, There Is Little ‘Justice for Luz’
Brooklyn's DA charges only 'failure to exercise due care' after a horrific incident on a Bushwick sidewalk. A heartbroken family demands answers.
June 24, 2020
Study: Scaffolding Pushes Pedestrians Into The Street
Let's be safe out there — and let's get the city to put up signs before pedestrians get forced into roadways by scaffolding.
November 1, 2019
UPDATE! Manhattan Community Board to City: Get Real on L-Train Plan
Hundreds of thousands of people will be affected. But the mitigation plan could be better.
September 17, 2018
NYC Is Littered With Dangerous Parking Lots Like the One Where Luz Gonzalez Was Killed
Narrow parking zones next to the sidewalk put pedestrians at risk, and they're everywhere. Some are even required by zoning.
July 11, 2018
