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Long-Awaited Upgrades Finally Coming to Schermerhorn Street, DOT Says
The plan apparently includes Schermerhorn Street becoming one way between Smith Street and Third Avenue.
May 17, 2022
Pols Want City Crackdown on Car Noise, But Health Department is Silent
It's a noisy city, but the silence from the city Department of Health is particularly defeaning.
May 17, 2022
QUICK HIT: New Yorkers Are Still Burning Gasoline Like There’s No Tomorrow
Drivers — they're literally driving us crazy.
May 16, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: Home Rule Week Edition
The big news this week will be Mayor Adams's trip to Albany on Tuesday — plus Tom Brady on a bike!
May 16, 2022
Not Just Albany: Council Members Also Wary on Speed Cameras … Unless Mayor Allocates Money to their Districts
Mayor Adams is facing a mini revolt in the East Wing of City Hall, where some Council members want speed camera money spent in their districts.
May 16, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Albany Follies Edition
The big story in the local press on Thursday was — would you believe it? — our story from Wednesday on speed cameras. Plus all the other news from yesterday, including bad news out of Pimlico.
May 13, 2022
Sanitation Commissioner Says She Won’t Tolerate Humans Who Let Their Dogs Poop on New York
After two years that city Sanitation officers failed to write a single ticket for violations of the pooper-scooper law, new DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch is now vowing a crackdown.
May 12, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: The Ghosts of Mayors Past Edition
Mayor Adams said the other day that Gracie Mansion is haunted. Plus all the other real news from yesterday.
May 12, 2022
Let’s Face It, ‘Home Rule’ on Speed Cameras is Dead — Blame Focuses on City Hall
Mayor Adams will not get what he claims he wants from the state legislature this year — city control of the speed- and red-light camera programs — a devastating blow to advocates' dream of no longer having to beg Albany to reauthorize the life-saving system every few years.
May 11, 2022
OPINION: NYPD Officers Must Live in the City They Serve Rather Than Being an ‘Occupying Force’
State Sen. Kevin Parker makes the case for enacting a residency requirement for cops.
May 6, 2022
