Michael DenDekker
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Jackson Heights Assembly Candidate Unveils Plan to Transform Deadly Northern Boulevard
Jessica González-Rojas, blasted veteran Assembly Member Michael DenDekker as a do-nothing pol who has failed to stop the carnage on the highway-like roadway where seven have died in three years.
January 28, 2020
Once Anti-Cyclist, Queens Pol Now Wants Camera-Enforced Protected Bike Lanes
Can Michael DenDekker be trusted? Few cyclists think so, so Streetsblog put him on the record. This time, it seems, he is trying to keep cyclists safe in bike lanes.
March 19, 2019
After Hit-and-Run Death, Queens Pols Blame “Distracted Pedestrians”
A hit-and-run driver killed 17-year-old Ovidio Jaramillo at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and Junction Boulevard in Jackson Heights on Tuesday night. In response, Queens electeds held a press conference today at the site of the crash, where they called for laws and education campaigns to stop "distracted pedestrians."
December 10, 2015
Michael DenDekker: Slowing NYC Drivers Is a Pointless Waste
Assembly Member Michael DenDekker, the Queens rep who once proposed legislation to register cyclists and monitor them with bike lane cameras, says efforts to slow city drivers under Vision Zero are pointless. DenDekker wants an audit of Vision Zero spending, which he reportedly believes is wasted unless it's going toward traffic signals to eliminate motorist-pedestrian conflicts at intersections.
February 11, 2015
Peter Vallone Jr. and Michael DenDekker to City: Gimme Gimme Gimme
It's hard to say what's most off-putting about the campaign by Peter Vallone Jr. and Michael DenDekker to grant free parking to motorcyclists -- including themselves -- in New York City. There is of course the brazen and unapologetic conflict of interest in introducing legislation for one's personal benefit.
October 12, 2012
After Cyclist Vandalizes His Car, DenDekker Compares Self to Gabby Giffords
Just months ago, Queens Assembly Member Michael DenDekker was reaping widespread scorn for his proposal to require every cyclist in the state, even those just off their training wheels, to obtain a license. He also floated the idea of enforcing non-existent helmet laws with the widespread use of cameras. (He eventually withdrew the bike license legislation.)
June 10, 2011
Michael DenDekker Explains His Inexplicable Bike License Bill
Remember last month when Council Member Eric Ulrich came out with the idea of creating a complicated new bureaucracy to register and identify New Yorkers who ride bikes, a proposal that would build an expensive and redundant personal identification system on top of our existing ID systems, opening the door to increased harassment of cyclists by law enforcement?
March 1, 2011