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Wednesday’s Headlines: Ostrich Parent Edition
Bradley Tusk and Randy Mastro team up to distract people from the much-harder effort of making streets safe. Plus other news.
August 13, 2025
As Mayor Adams Preps Veto of Minimum Wage Bill, Instacart Boasts ‘Squeezing’ Its Workers
Instacart's months-long campaign against pay parity for grocery delivery workers appears to have borne fruit with a mayor who claims he supports workers.
August 12, 2025
UPDATE: Speeding Senior Driver Kills Self and Two Pedestrians in Astoria, Pols Call for 20 MPH Limit
The Queens crash is another reminder that speed kills — and that the city has the power to lower its speed limit.
August 12, 2025
A Crucial Course Correction Shows the MTA is Thinking Big For the IBX
Gov. Hochul and the MTA’s decision to route the new transit line under a cemetery should mean faster, better service.
August 11, 2025
Mamdani Promises New Path For Bus Projects As MTA Leader Finally Loses Patience With Mayor Adams
The Democratic nominee says he'll only ask one thing when determining which bus improvements will go forward: will it serve bus riders.
August 8, 2025
We Told You So! DOT’s Anti-Daylighting ‘Scare Tactic’ Now Fuels Pro-Car Pols
DOT is finding common ground with pro-car, street safety foes.
August 8, 2025
Team Pedestrian Trounces Team Bus in Annual ‘Crosstown Bus Challenge’
Pedestrians beat the bus — but maybe for the last time?
August 8, 2025
SQUEEZED: Welcome to the Newly Unsafe Bedford Avenue ‘Bike Lane’
Bike riders are now endangered by parked cars and fast-moving traffic between Willoughby and Flushing avenues, as drivers revert to doing ... exactly what they had been doing.
August 6, 2025
Eric Adams May Veto Grocery Delivery Minimum Wage that Eric Adams Championed
A 2022 report from the former Democrat promised to expand labor protections to more app delivery workers, but he won't commit to supporting Council bills trying to do just that.
August 6, 2025
Monday’s Headlines: We’re Living Rent Free in Mayor Adams’s Brain Edition
Mayor Adams doesn't want you talking about his record on bike lanes. Plus more news.
August 4, 2025
