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Adams Wants Albany Help in Stopping Reckless Drivers, But There is Much More He Can Do On His Own
"It's just unbelievable that we are here trying to convince Albany to give us the speed cameras we need that has proven to be successful. The numbers are so clear on how these cameras are helping us," Adams said.
March 25, 2022
Riverdale Avenue Rumble: Bronx Pol Dinowitz Objects to DOT’s Move on ‘Road Diet’
A Bronx Council member is fighting a city proposal to calm traffic on an overwide, dangerous road in the northwest part of the borough — a proposal that has drawn support from a progressive candidate for state Senate.
March 25, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: Exclusive News Edition
The big story yesterday was the hiring of Bostonian Richard Davey as the first permanent president of New York City Transit since disgraced former Gov. Cuomo ran Andy Byford out of town. Plus other news.
March 24, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: Who Should Move to the Final Four — The 41st or the 48th?
We believe there is one favorite of these two Bronx precincts to advance, but you know what they say: on any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team. So that's why you have to play the games.
March 24, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS: Two Under-the-Radar Precincts Battle in the Manhattan Final
At the 24th Precinct on the Upper West Side, cops leave their cars everywhere, showing about as much respect for the neighborhood as Hollywood showed Rodney Dangerfield. Pick your poison — and vote!
March 23, 2022
OPINION: The Cost of ‘Free’ Parking is Dirty Streets and Foul Air
Our policy of forcing cars to move for street cleaning has many hidden costs, most notably the environmental effects of trading clean streets for polluted air.
March 21, 2022
About That Safety Crackdown: NYPD Conducts Yet Another Tiny Enforcement Push
Mayor Adams's sole safe streets announcement so far in his administration — a promise to protect pedestrians with a "relentless" effort by the NYPD — is just the same old fake crackdown.
March 21, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Let’s Go Zoom! Edition
Should online video streaming be a permanent feature of public meetings? Plus other news.
March 18, 2022
INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?
Here's a deep dive on one single reckless driver with a singularly bad driving record who caused a single crash in Brooklyn — a story of civic dysfunction and basic lack of follow up.
March 18, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: Two Boogie Down Precincts With Bad Attitudes: The 44th and the 41st
It's "The Hell Under the El" vs. the former "Fort Apache" in a contest to reach the borough finals.
March 16, 2022
