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Endorsement Time: StreetsPAC Makes its Initial Council Selections
With City Council primary elections just one month away, StreetsPAC, the city's only political action committee dedicated to livable streets issues, has released its coveted endorsements in 15 races. Here they are.
May 21, 2021
STREETS WEEK! DOT Commish Diagnoses Conduit Boulevard, Then Prescribes The Wrong Treatment
As Streets Week! begins, here's an existential question that Mayor de Blasio doesn't like to answer: Why does New York even have roads like Conduit Boulevard?
May 10, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: And the Beach Towel Winner Is… Edition
Monday was such a slow news day that we are wooding with the top story: Eric McClure is the winner of our "December Donation Drive" contribution challenge. That, plus the other stories.
December 29, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Jerk + Phone + BMW = Cartitlement
Just when we were thinking that the Crescent Street temporary protected bike lane was starting to look awesome, a cellphone-using jerk in a BMW had to go ruin it. Plus all the other news.
October 2, 2020
Decision 2020: A Good Night, But Not a Great One, for Livable Streets
Friends the livable streets movement fared extremely well — and an unrepentant homophobe was soundly defeated — in Tuesday's primary election balloting across the city.
June 24, 2020
StreetsPAC Endorses Six Challengers in June 23 Primary
Sets sights on unseating Savino, DenDekker, Nolan, Lentol, Ortiz and Arroyo in local races.
June 12, 2020
StreetsPAC: Vote Costa Constantinides for Queens Borough President
Council Member Costa Constantinides is the "best choice [on] safer streets and better public transportation," according to StreetsPAC's endorsement of the Astoria lawmaker in the March 24 special election.
March 9, 2020
Advocates Renew Urgent Call for Riverside Park Bike Bypass Fix
The Parks Department's detour is a dangerous and hastily conceived fix that's not working.
November 15, 2019
Op-Ed: The Latest Bikelash Has An Odious, Trumpist Feel
The lunatic fringe is pushing a truly "fake news" message that cars are virtuous and bikes are dangerous.
October 21, 2019
Corey Johnson for Mayor: Will He ‘Break’ or Merely ‘Bend’ the Car Culture?
If politicians truly "campaign in poetry, but govern in prose," the Council speaker has shifted from iambic pentameter a bit early.
October 14, 2019
