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‘Take Shack’ No More! Burger Restaurant Gives Back Stolen Sidewalk
The West Village hamburger restaurant that stole half of a city sidewalk has been shamed — and officially warned — into giving back the purloined pavement.
May 29, 2020
Council Seeks Open Streets for Restaurants, Defying de Blasio (Again!)
The City Council today will take up a measure to require the city to create space "throughout the city for outdoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic," according to a statement from Speaker Corey Johnson.
May 28, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Memorial to Memorial Day Edition
Yes, we know you're dying to have a big Memorial Day blowout barbecue, but please don't, because if you do, plenty of people will be dying before your Labor Day blowout barbecue. Plus, the rest of the weekend's news.
May 25, 2020
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most
A map created by the Trust for Public Land reinforces the inequitable distribution of open streets so far.
May 21, 2020
The ‘Al Fresco Economy’: Restaurants Want to Start NYC’s Revival — All They Need is Space
"This could be the best block party in the history of New York, but if we don't get this right in the next three months, there will be a complete collapse of the tax base of the city," says a restaurant industry leader.
May 12, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The Real Plague is MTA Cruelty
Gov. Cuomo and the MTA said they were closing the subways between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. because the trains needed to be disinfected — but our cartoonist knows better.
May 11, 2020
STOPPING COVID-19: Asian-Americans Were Way Ahead of City, State Leaders
With memories of SARS still fresh, Asian-Americans responded fast to COVID-19. And that saved lives.
May 4, 2020
SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning
Gov. Cuomo has just announced that subway service will be shut down from 1 to 5 a.m. every day so that the system can be completely disinfected every 24 hours.
April 30, 2020
Cars and COVID-19: A New Way to Look at Virus Spread
Remember that MIT study that suggested that transit worsened the coronavirus crisis in New York City? Well, the same (equally unlikely) thing can be said about cars, too!
April 29, 2020
Ad Man to MTA: To Restore Trust, Don’t Sugarcoat COVID-19 Crisis
An architect of the subway's legendary 1989 "We're Coming Back" ad campaign offers his advice on restoring public confidence in the system.
April 28, 2020
