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Amy Cohen: Mayor Adams ‘Disgracefully’ Invokes Victim Sammy Cohen Eckstein in E-Bike Speed Limit Ploy
We are disgusted and we will not be quiet about the administration warping the intent behind a decade of our work for safe streets, says the founder of Families for Safe Streets.
June 6, 2025
Dysfunction City: My Block is a Symbol of What’s Wrong with DOT
The block in question, W. 177th Street between Broadway and Fort Washington Avenue, doesn't work for any user. Yet nothing changes.
June 5, 2025
Op-Ed: NYS Needs the Economic and Environmental Stimulus of E-Bike Subsidies
A "Ride Clean Rebate" is what real climate and economic leadership looks like, argues this industry leader.
May 29, 2025
Doug Gordon Takes on John Mulaney’s ‘Entitled’ and Humorless Anti-Bike Insanity
Why do New Yorkers feel the need to prove their "street cred" by hating on bicycles when it is, in fact, cars that have ruined this city?
May 27, 2025
Op-Ed: Stop the ‘Flushing Skypark’ Scam
There's still time before the state alienates the "parkland" for Steve Cohen's casino.
May 26, 2025
Komanoff: Tsk, Tsk, Tisch — Criminal Summonses for Cyclists Will Backfire
Commissioner Jessica Tisch's new policy will result in unsafer streets and crackdowns on hard-working immigrants.
May 7, 2025
Wednesday’s Headlines: Old Man Edition
There's certainly no bigger Neil Young fan in the Streetsblog newsroom than this old man. But today I am distancing myself from the great Canamerican artist.
May 7, 2025
League of What Now? ‘Conservation’ Group’s Endorsement Criteria Are Bizarre
How could a venerable environmental group endorse a candidate who was a "no" on City of Yes and lukewarm on congestion pricing?
April 28, 2025
OPINION: DOT’s Argument Against Universal Daylighting Has a Fatal Flaw
Hydrant zones and bus stops are not a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting — yet DOT is using them to argue against safety, our contributors write.
April 18, 2025
Hey, Sec. Duffy, DOGE Should Learn Cost-Saving from the MTA Not the Other Way Around
Sic DOGE on the MTA? Maybe Sean Duffy should reverse that — the MTA is spending money more wisely than in decades.
April 10, 2025
