Racial Equity
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Stats Show Blacks and Indigenous People Suffer Disproportionate Road Deaths
June 27, 2021
STUDY: New Bike Lanes Aren’t Associated With Displacement of BIPOC, Low-Income People
June 21, 2021
RELIEF! Council Bill Would Let Delivery Riders Use Restaurant Bathrooms
The City Council is stepping in to make sure that the city's delivery riders can use the bathrooms at restaurants when they pick up food orders through third-party apps.
April 28, 2021
Supposedly Progressive Upper West Side Offers No Relief to Deliveristas
Community board members to bike delivery workers: Piss off!
April 26, 2021
OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor
The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.
April 19, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: A Truth-Telling Commission Edition
Mayor de Blasio creates a commission to address the city's racist past. We're all for it. Plus all the other news.
March 24, 2021
THE STRINGER PLAN: Buses, Buses, Buses — And Pedestrianized Zones, Bike Highways and Far Fewer Placards
The comptroller candidate would build more bike lanes, pedestrianize more of the city, completely reform parking rules, massively reduce the issuance of parking placards to city employees, boost transit and reduce community boards' power.
February 10, 2021
Queens Pol: Decriminalize ‘Jaywalking’ Now To Eliminate NYPD Racial Bias
Jaywalking isn't a crime! So says Queens Council Member Costa Constantinides, who wants to make it legal to cross against a light.
September 15, 2020
How Cop ‘Courtesy Cards’ Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Roads
NYC PBA and its ilk feed traffic violence across the nation with a corrupt perk.
September 4, 2020
