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NYPD Commissioner: Bell Tickets Were a Tool to Stop a Bike Ride
The city's top cop admitted that the scores of cops who harassed cyclists in Tompkins Square Park last month were deployed to stop an annual bike race.
May 3, 2019
Ding Dong! NYPD Commissioner Stops Breaking a Law His Cops Use to Harass Kids
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill will have to turn in his no-bell prize.
May 2, 2019
NYPD Harassment: Five Cyclists in Their Own Words
Streetsblog talked with many cyclists in Union Square on Wednesday. Here are their stories.
April 25, 2019
MTA Backtracks on ‘Bus and Frisk’ Plan After Advocates Condemn ‘Cops on Buses’ Comment
Andy Byford's call on Monday for more cops on buses raised the specter of the NYPD's repudiated stop-and-frisk policy.
March 27, 2019
Demanding Answers, Pol Calls Citi-Bike’s $2 Electric Fee a ‘Barrier’ for Poor
Council Member Antonio Reynoso wonders why the Lyft-owned bike share system must charge more for pedal-assist bikes.
March 2, 2019
Streetfilms: Fixing the Subway is About Racial and Economic Justice
Supporters of congestion pricing rallied Monday at Broadway Junction in Brooklyn.
February 26, 2019
What Does This Delivery Worker Think About Mayor de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown?
Worker activist Jinhua Li explains it all to us.
February 4, 2019
How Structural Racism at Regional Planning Agencies Hurts Cities
There's an obscure intraregional battle happening in the Cleveland area right now that highlights an important source of racial discrimination in urban planning.
January 5, 2018
De Blasio’s Wrong: Poor New Yorkers Stand to Gain a Lot From Congestion Pricing
Hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers stand to benefit from new transit funding, compared to just 5,000 who might pay tolls to car commute under the Move NY plan.
October 24, 2017
The Persistent Racial Disparities of Motor Vehicle Pollution
While tailpipe emissions have been lowered across the board, racial disparities persist in exposure to fine particles from motor vehicles.
October 17, 2017
