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GETTING AWAY WITH IT: License Plate and Placard Abuse is Rarely The Target of NYPD Discipline
When police are not subject to regulation, their vehicles become a powerful symbol of the depth of police impunity.
March 16, 2023
KOMANOFF: Want Safe Batteries? Stop Pretending Food Delivery is Free
Bicycle food-delivery in New York City is broken — not just because it’s essentially unregulated, but also because it’s unpriced.
March 10, 2023
Opinion: Council Needs to Make Battery Package Better
Preventing battery fires is supporting delivery workers. Ensuring all e-bike batteries are safe is supporting delivery workers. We can have both: A city free of dangerous fires and a city that supports its delivery workers. We want legislation that puts safe batteries in the hands of the delivery workers who rely on them.
March 2, 2023
Opinion: New York City Streets Should Themselves Be Illegal!
New York City policies promise us safer streets, but drivers kill hundreds of people every year, including themselves. The city is giving us the opposite of the safety (not to mention the decarbonization) it promises. So let's make some streets illegal.
March 1, 2023
Opinion: Electric Cars Shouldn’t Distract Us From Building a More Walkable World
"Governments champion EVs to win voter support, and corporations offer optimistic product projections to lure investors. The reality is that electric cars will be less of a solution than presently expected."
February 28, 2023
DSNY Boss: Commercial Waste Reform is Worth Doing — But the Right Way
Some government sources and advocates have claimed that the Department of Sanitation is not fully committed to reforming the commercial waste hauling industry. On the eve of today's Council oversight hearing, we asked DSNY Commissioner Jessica Tisch to fully clarify her agency's position.
February 22, 2023
OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE
If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.
February 21, 2023
Opinion: The Driver Who Killed My Husband is Going on Trial; I Don’t Expect Much
I would like to say that I’m looking forward to justice being served, but I already know that’s impossible. The laws governing the deaths of people killed by car and truck drivers don’t seem very fair to me.
February 20, 2023
Opinion: The George Washington Bridge’s Revamped Bike-Ped Paths are Not Enough
The Port Authority could have widened the narrow shared paths on the George Washington Bridge as part of its $1.9-billion program to “Restore the George.” It didn't, even as biking boomed.
February 14, 2023
Opinion: Debunking the Lies of Vickie Paladino is Crucial to Understanding the Bikelash
Yes, it's time to take on another cultural artifact in the seemingly never-ending fight to fix our streets as well as open up a time capsule that might one day show where the political discourse stood in the post-truth world of 2023.
February 10, 2023
