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The Explainer: What’s With Council Member Bob Holden’s Bill to Register E-Bikes?
A very controversial bill from a noted opponent of efforts to boost cycling has everyone in town — except its supporters — talking.
September 1, 2023
Cops Cuff Black Man for Riding on the Sidewalk — And Stats Show Just How Commonly They Do That
A Black man was handcuffed and arrested on Thursday night after cops stopped him for biking on the sidewalk in Downtown Brooklyn — and a witness called the incident unnecessary and traumatic given the recent police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
February 3, 2023
OPINION: On Nov. 8, Yes, Vote, But to Rebuild New York, Make Your Ideas Heard
Casting a ballot on Election Day has always been important, but it has never been quite enough to meaningfully transform the lives of everyday New Yorkers. The story of the effort to deck over the Cross Bronx Expressway illustrates why.
November 1, 2022
Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity
See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.
October 18, 2022
What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing
A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in transportation includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.
April 24, 2022
Report: 88 Percent of Drivers Arrested for Not Having a License Last Year Were People of Color
And every single person arrested for "loitering" last year was Black. "It’s called serving the public," says NYPD spokesman John Miller.
March 31, 2022
GOP to Biden: Don’t Force Progressive Politics on Highway Projects
Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.
January 21, 2022
Eric Adams at the Oonee Launch: I Will Stop ‘The Culture of Can’t’ in this City
Who is Eric Adams? Let's listen in.
November 18, 2021
Boogie Down Biden: Pols, City DOT Hail Fed Funds for Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway
Sen. Chuck Schumer, Rep. Ritchie Torres and DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman hailed the $1.2-trillion federal infrastructure bill for creating a $1-billion "Reconnecting Communities" pilot to "study ... removing, retro-fitting, or mitigating" highways that hurt "community connectivity, mobility, access, or economic development."
November 9, 2021
States Must Reduce Police and Traffic Enforcement Bias: Report
"[The report] helps us ... address a lot of problems with law enforcement in this country,” said Russ Martin, the spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, which undertook its review after the killing of George Floyd.
August 9, 2021
