Melissa Mark-Viverito
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StreetsPAC Endorses Mark-Viverito for Public Advocate
The main political action committee on livable streets issues has endorsed the former City Council speaker for public advocate, citing her enlightened, forward-think approach to street safety.
February 20, 2019
Council Members Grill MTA Execs on Transit Costs While Cuomo Breaks Ground for Delta
Compared to its international peers, the MTA's capital construction costs are nothing short of outrageous. So with Governor Cuomo asking for more money from New York City to fix the subways, it's understandable that City Council members want to know whether they'll be getting good bang for their buck. But at a hearing earlier today, MTA Managing Director Ronnie Hakim couldn't explain the MTA's cost problem, let alone how to fix it.
August 8, 2017
City Council Calls for de Blasio to Fund Bike-Share Expansion and Fair Fares
The City Council is calling for two major transportation-related changes to Mayor de Blasio's budget: discount subway fares and Citi Bike expansion.
April 4, 2017
East Harlem Rezoning Plan Scraps Parking Minimums to Build More Housing
The Department of City Planning is preparing a major rezoning of East Harlem, and it calls for scrapping parking requirements along most of the avenues in the neighborhood.
October 21, 2016
Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking
Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse.
October 5, 2016
Mark-Viverito’s East Harlem Plan Recommends Tossing Parking Minimums
Council Speaker Melissa Mark Viverito has released an "East Harlem Neighborhood Plan" to guide the city's rezoning of the community, and one of the recommendations is the elimination of parking minimums.
February 26, 2016
Council Calls on de Blasio to Double “Great Streets” Redesign Funds
The City Council wants Mayor de Blasio to double funding for DOT capital projects to overhaul the city's most dangerous streets and save more lives, faster.
June 10, 2015
Will de Blasio and Mark-Viverito Back Effort to Fully Fund Vision Zero?
City Hall will have to double its commitment to street redesigns that prioritize safety in order to dramatically reduce traffic deaths on NYC's most dangerous streets in our lifetimes, advocates say. That level of spending could be accomplished with a relatively small shift in resources in the city's total capital budget.
April 16, 2015
Select Bus Service Launches on 125th Street
On Sunday, Select Bus Service launched on a route that stretches from 125th Street in Harlem to LaGuardia Airport. Public officials marked the occasion -- the first SBS route to debut during the de Blasio era -- at a Harlem press conference today. With off-board fare collection and dedicated bus lanes (on part of the route), the upgrades will speed cross-town trips for 33,000 bus riders daily, on both the M60 SBS route and local routes that will benefit from the bus lanes only.
May 27, 2014
With Mark-Viverito as Speaker, Who Will Chair Transportation Committee?
Almost immediately after Melissa Mark-Viverito was elected city council speaker yesterday, she formed the council's rules committee, installing her progressive caucus co-leader Brad Lander as its chair. Lander, like Mark-Viverito a livable streets stalwart who has also championed overhauling many of the council's procedures, is now in a prime position to help pick who will chair the council's committees.
January 9, 2014