Bill de Blasio
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Why You Should Care About de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown
An installment of "Why You Should Care" from YouTuber Rina Krack succinctly conveys what's wrong with the mayor's approach to e-bikes.
January 9, 2018
City Hall Redacts de Blasio Correspondence About Teacher Placard Giveaway
What led Mayor de Blasio to reissue tens of thousands of parking permits to Department of Education employees? City Hall isn't telling us the whole story.
January 9, 2018
Corey Johnson Unequivocally Backs Congestion Pricing, Further Isolating de Blasio
The new City Council speaker gave Governor Cuomo more political leeway to push for a comprehensive plan to reduce traffic and boost transit funding.
January 8, 2018
NYC Pedestrian Deaths Fell Significantly in 2017, Bucking National Trends
The sustained reduction in fatalities should bolster the political case for moving forward with bolder street designs more rapidly.
January 8, 2018
De Blasio: Bollards Will Replace Janky Midtown Security Theater
The mayor said the city will install more than 1,500 metal bollards to protect pedestrians at key locations beginning in March.
January 2, 2018
Prospect Park Is Officially Car-Free Forever
As of this morning, Prospect Park is officially and permanently car-free, the culmination of 50 years of advocacy.
January 2, 2018
Bill de Blasio and the Narcissism of the Windshield Perspective
Other New Yorkers have to lose time with their families because their bus home moves at walking speed. It's a different city than the one the mayor experiences, ferried from place to place by police escort, conducting business in the backseat of an SUV.
December 20, 2017
DOT Asks Dockless Bike-Share Companies to Show How They Can Expand Access to Bike-Share in NYC
NYC DOT is officially asking "dockless" bike-share companies to explain how their services could work in areas not currently served by Citi Bike, including in the Bronx and Staten Island, Mayor de Blasio announced this morning.
December 15, 2017
Confronted By Delivery Workers, de Blasio Insists on E-Bike Crackdown
A group of delivery workers based in Brooklyn and Manhattan came out to the town hall in the hopes that de Blasio will change course.
December 15, 2017
De Blasio’s Wrong: There’s a Fair Congestion Pricing Plan Right Under His Nose
Asked about congestion pricing on WNYC, de Blasio recited his usual list of misdirections and red herrings.
December 1, 2017
