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UNMASKED: NYPD Van Driver Pulled Over for Obscured License Plate
Mayor Adams’s crackdown on illegal plates has already been unmasked (literally).
July 6, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: Profiting Off Placard Abuse Edition
That Andrew Gounardes — he's always thinking. Plus other news.
July 6, 2022
Comptroller: Here’s How DOT’s $425M Brooklyn Bridge Project Became a $657M Brooklyn Bridge Project
That's 55 percent more than the original cost estimate — and not something that city bean counters were likely to miss.
July 5, 2022
FiDi Shared Streets Advocates Press DOT to Show ‘Urgency’ on Neighborhood Makeover
Why is this taking so long?
July 1, 2022
As US Supreme Court Guts EPA Power, NYS Goes on a Highway Expansion Binge
Don't just blame the High Court for not protecting the environment.
June 30, 2022
Brooklyn Pol Tears Up Describing Brutal Treatment at Hands (and Bikes) of Cops
Police justified cops’ excessive use of force against a Brooklyn state pol during a protest after the murder of George Floyd two years ago. But state Sen. Zellnor Myrie testified that the officer in question used excessive force.
June 30, 2022
Transit Advocates to MTA: Queens Bus Redesign Needs Some Key Tweaks
The MTA's proposed Queens bus redesign needs more service, and the implementation of all-door boarding, if it will realize its potential "to significantly improve the lives of riders," a coalition of transit supporters will tell the MTA.
June 29, 2022
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
June 29, 2022
DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways
No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.
June 28, 2022
OPINION: Here’s How the Council Will ‘Stop the Chop’ in New York
A council member from Brooklyn offers a common-sense bill to curtail helicopter havoc.
June 27, 2022
