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Memo to Mamdani: Fifth Ave. Belongs to the People — Not the Ultra-Wealthy and Gridlock
Mayor-elect Mamdani should revive DOT's plan to transform Fifth Avenue — which Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams shelved at the behest of powerful business interests.
November 21, 2025
Redesign for Brooklyn’s Fifth Ave. Shopping Strip Puts Customers First
"The core takeaway from the small business community on this strip is that they want a pedestrian- and transit-priority street," said the architect.
October 22, 2025
Adams Considering Letting Midtown Business Group Issue Parking Tickets So NYPD Can Tackle ‘More Serious Issues’
The Department of Finance retracted its proposal to allow the 34th Street Partnership to be the first business improvement district empowered to enforce city parking rules after we started asking about it.
December 5, 2024
Car-Free Streets are Good For Business, Yet Another Report Shows
“This just confirms the old saying, ‘Cars don’t spend money, people spend money,’” said one open street advocate.
November 18, 2024
Businesses Thrive on Car-Free Streets, Yet Mayor Adams Ignores Call for Widespread Pedestrianization
Top city officials have long said they want to reduce cars to create business-friendly streets, but Gov. Hochul's decision to kill congestion pricing isn't helping.
July 29, 2024
HOOPLA: City Adds $30M for Managing Open Streets, Public Space in Needy Nabes
The Department of Transportation will bring in managers to help with day-to-day operations and management for pedestrian-friendly spaces, including open streets, plazas, shared streets, slow streets, street furniture and bike corrals.
May 16, 2023
Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River
A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.
October 11, 2022
NYC Transit Boss: Sure, We Want 1,000 Miles of Bus Lanes, But We Love Working with ‘Bus Mayor’ Adams
We asked the New York City Transit President to drop the diplomacy and tell us what he really feels about the Adams administration's bus efforts so far. Here's what he said (no, he did not drop the diplomacy).
August 10, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s Why Mayor Adams is Pinning Hopes on Business Improvement Districts
Even as the city's businesses reeled during the pandemic, the city's business improvement districts provided nearly the same level of sanitation and other supplemental services — which may be why the Adams administration is hoping BIDs will be the engine to pull the city out of the doldrums.
May 11, 2022
Got Commercial Trash? The Sanitation Department Has $20K for Your Project
The city will spend an almost infinitesimal amount of money on a problem with monumental repercussions.
April 11, 2022
