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Thursday’s Headlines: Eric Adams Rashomon Edition
Reporters try to unravel the mayor's utterances on transit. Plus other news.
January 20, 2022
Mayor Adams’s ‘Turbo-Charged’ Vision Zero Includes a Back Door to Massive NYPD Crackdown on Cyclists
A new enforcement effort raised eyebrows among some activists, forcing DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez into a defensive position.
January 19, 2022
Ongoing Suspension of Scofflaw Towing Making Roadways Less Safe
The city has still not resumed hauling away the cars of tens of thousands of scofflaw drivers who rack up (and then don't pay) multiple infractions for their dangerous driving or also-dangerous selfishness — despite 2021 ending as the bloodiest year for road violence since 2013.
January 18, 2022
Driver Who Killed Delivery Man Offered Little Remorse, Few Answers During Deposition
Maro Andrianou offered the same excuse for fatally running over 37-year-old Xing Long Lin that attorneys have argued is bogus
January 13, 2022
Bike NY to DOT: The City’s Cycling Program is No Longer a World Leader, So Fix It
The first order of business is recognizing the city has a problem, the Jan. 7 letter from Bike New York to DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez stated.
January 12, 2022
So is Eric Adams’s ‘Asst. Parking Director’ Brother Qualified to Head Mayoral Security?
From parking cars to protecting the second-most-important public official in the United States?
January 12, 2022
Brooklyn DA Charges Reckless Backhoe Driver, Foreman for Killing Senior Pedestrian
The construction worker who backed over and killed a 61-year-old woman last year in Brooklyn — as well as the foreman at his jobsite — have been charged in the death.
January 7, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Let’s See Those Narrow Snowplows Edition
As we write this early on Monday morning, we don't know if we're getting a snowpocalyse or a light dusting (a lot depends on that low pressure over Montréal, frankly). So let's start with the day's news.
January 7, 2022
Mayor Adams Promises that Police on the Subway Will Ask, ‘How Was Your Day?’
"When is the last time you saw an officer walk through the train [and ask], 'How are you?' 'How was your day?'" the mayor said.
January 6, 2022
A Round and a Roundy: Eric Adams Contains Multitudes of Personalities
Like everyone else, our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy has struggled to find a way to understand our peripatetic new mayor. He has a few ideas.
January 6, 2022
