Kevin Duggan
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Want to know more about birding in the city, and get to try it out? Come join me to discuss
@ryangoldberg.bsky.social
's great new book Bird City on March 21 in Washington Heights!
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Next Saturday, on the first full day of spring, I'll be discussing my book Bird City with
@kevinduggan.bsky.social
at The Fountain Bookshop in upper Manhattan, followed by a bird walk in nearby Fort Tryon Park. Come join us!
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State legislators cut Gov. Hochul's controversial auto insurance deregulation from their budget proposals.
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BREAKING: State Lawmakers Cut Hochul's Car Insurance Scheme From Their Budget - Streetsblog New York City
The Uber-backed plan to lower car insurance rates has drawn criticism from legal professionals, crash victim advocates and state pols who say the legislative changes would strip crash victims of right...
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/10/breaking-state-lawmakers-cut-hochuls-car-insurance-scheme-from-their-budget
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In the absence of the City Council implementing the nearly two-year-old citywide speed limit reduction to 20 mph allowed under Sammy's Law, community boards are now pushing DOT to lower speeds district by district.
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Community Boards Push Mamdani’s DOT to Use 'Sammy's Law' To Lower Speed Limits - Streetsblog New York City
As City Hall and the Council bicker over lower speed limits, community boards are demanding action.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/09/community-boards-push-mamdanis-dot-to-lower-speed-limits-in-their-districts
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The vastness of the Rockaway Pkwy/Linden Blvd intersection is difficult to do justice to with a camera
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A revealing look into Gov. Hochul's maneuvers to boost her push to deregulate auto insurance.
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Parker waited over half-an-hour for the Bx36 bus on Tremont Avenue, one of the slowest buses in the country. Mayor Mamdani is hoping to revive a busway project that was shelved by the Adams administration — so long as the federal government doesn't get in his way.
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Bronx bus riders deserve a better commute #nyc #bus #bronx #mta #transit #urbanism
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
https://youtube.com/shorts/Ft_24ARcRmQ?feature=share
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Another day, another NYPD bike sting near the Zohramp
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Thursday's Headlines: Mamdani's Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Another day, another criminal summons. And another record from Jimmy and the Jaywalkers. Plus other news.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/thursdays-headlines-mamdanis-criminal-crackdown-on-cyclists-edition
6 days ago
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Rather than chipping away at crash victims’ rights in order to lower car insurance costs, Gov. Hochul should push pay-as-you-drive auto insurance, which would reduce costs while also cutting driving, crashes and pollution.
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'Stupendous Potential': Pay-Per-Mile Auto Insurance Would Cut Costs And Traffic Violence - Streetsblog New York City
Lowering car insurance costs doesn't have to eviscerate crash victims's rights.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/05/stupendous-potential-pay-per-mile-auto-insurance-would-cut-costs-and-traffic-violence
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I'm so proud of my reporters
@kevinduggan.bsky.social
and Austin C. Jefferson for their continued coverage of Gov. Hochul's attempt to lower the cost of driving by lowering compensation to victims of crashes. The latest:
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State Senate Majority Leader Wants Answers on Insurance - Streetsblog Empire State
The growing chorus of state lawmakers who want clarity on how the governor's auto insurance helps real New Yorkers now includes Stewart-Cousins, the second-most-powerful woman in state government.
https://empire.streetsblog.org/state-senate-majority-leader-wants-answers-on-insurance
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Damn where’d you guys meet her
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The FDNY must get with DOT's life-saving program of rolling out protected bike lanes,
@cmrestler.bsky.social
wrote in a letter to Mayor Mamdani's Fire Commissioner Bonsignore, following a disastrous Council hearing where Fire brass railed against the paths.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/04/l...
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Lawmaker Pushes FDNY To Get On Board With Protected Bike Lanes - Streetsblog New York City
Lincoln Restler implored the New York City Fire Department to accelerate its mandatory reviews of street redesigns.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/04/lawmaker-pushes-fdny-to-get-on-board-with-protected-bike-lanes
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The new mayor said he wants "streets that are the envy of the world" — yet his Department of Transportation continues its predecessor's flawed policy on daylighting.
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Mamdani's DOT Endorses Adams's 'Unacceptable' Opposition To Universal Daylighting, Stunning Abreu - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Transportation is standing by a repudiated and flawed Adams administration study of the efficacy of daylighting, stunning the Council’s leading voice on transportation…
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/03/nyc-dot-universal-daylighting-mayor-mamdani-eric-adams
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If you’re following along, make sure to tick off boxes on the OFFICIAL Streetsblog bingo card ✅
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The city will rebuild a section of Broadway north of the Flatiron, replacing painted plazas and shared streets with concrete. But the six-block buildout will take until 2031 and cost more than $150 million.
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‘Broadway Vision’: City Will Revamp Six More Blocks By 2031 - Streetsblog New York City
New York City is designing six blocks of Broadway in Manhattan to emphasize pedestrians and outdoor dining. But it will take a long time.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/27/broadway-vision-city-will-revamp-six-more-blocks-by-2031
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Meanwhile on Fifth Avenue, the "pedestrian first" plan still includes three lanes of through traffic.
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FDNY brass fanned the flames of a bikelash City Council hearing, calling the safety of protected bike lanes into question without any data to back that up, and contradicting DOT officials sitting right next to them.
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Mamdani's FDNY Spews Anti-Street Safety Talking Points at Bizarre Council Hearing - Streetsblog New York City
FDNY and DOT were at cross-purposes during a bikelash Council hearing.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/26/mamdanis-fdny-spews-anti-street-safety-talking-points-at-bizarre-council-hearing
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Per DOT's website: “It is illegal to park within 15 feet of either side of a fire hydrant, including on floating parking lanes (next to protected bike lanes).”
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Council Member Joann Ariola is holding an oversight hearing on the impact of her legislation requiring DOT to notify not only FDNY HQ but also the local firehouses for any street redesign/open street that is more than three blocks long
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NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin says on WNYC this morning that there are "certain blocks that have over-saturation" of outdoor dining structures, and that she will meet with community groups next week to address those concerns.
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NYC used to ban parking on certain snow routes to help clear the white stuff faster, but swept away the policy during the Bloomberg administration to give drivers a break,
@jktrotter.bsky.social
and
@emilylip.bsky.social
report.
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FLASHBACK: What Happened To Car-Free 'Snow Routes' — And Could They Have Helped City Clear the Streets? - Streetsblog New York City
What happened to the bright red signs that banned parking from snow emergency routes in New York City?
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/06/what-happened-to-the-citys-snow-routes-and-could-they-have-helped
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NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin announced on Wednesday morning that the city would restore a year-round outdoor dining program. Streetsblog's
@kevinduggan.bsky.social
explains how we got here:
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Outdoor dining is coming back to NYC year-round #nycfood #restaurant #nyc #news
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https://youtube.com/shorts/A2pxj8xo1TQ?si=t8WGlPID0iXm3HsF
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Outdoor dining will return to being a full-year program, Council Speaker Julie Menin announced this morning, after the roadside streeteries were decimated by the seasonal program enacted under former Mayor Eric Adams and former Speaker Adrienne Adams.
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City Council to Bring Back Year-Round Outdoor Dining After Adams-Era Decimation - Streetsblog New York City
New York City's curbside outdoor dining will return to being year-round, Council Speaker Julie Menin announced on Wednesday.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/04/city-council-to-bring-back-year-round-outdoor-dining-after-adams-era-decimation
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Uber pours another $2.5 million into backing Hochul, reports
@chrisbragg1.bsky.social
. This follows her heavy push to deregulate auto insurance in the name of "affordability," but which will come at the expense of crash victims.
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Uber Pours $3M Into New Election Spending Group Poised to Back Hochul
The move came weeks after Hochul proposed measures to lower the cost of auto insurance.
https://nysfocus.com/2026/02/03/uber-hochul-election-spending-auto-insurance
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Gov. Hochul is stumping for her auto insurance deregulation push at an auto body shop in Albany County. She reiterates her case that fraud is driving up insurance. For more on her pro-car push, read our explainer.
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Cyclists and e-bike riders continue showing up to summons court for low-level offenses, despite Mayor Mamdani's stated opposition to the NYPD criminalizing cycling offenses.
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Cyclists in Criminal Court Say Mamdani's Bike Crackdown is a 'Waste of Time' - Streetsblog New York City
The hearings reveal that the mayor's promise to end criminal summonsing against cyclists has not been kept.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/03/cyclists-in-criminal-court-say-mamdanis-bike-crackdown-is-a-waste-of-time
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So what's going on with Gov. Hochul's agenda to lower car insurance rates at the expense of crash victims's rights?
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The Explainer: How Gov. Hochul's Car Insurance Agenda Hurts Victims, Helps Big Car, Big Insurance - Streetsblog New York City
Streetsblog explains why Gov. Kathy Hochul is fighting for worse insurance protections for victims of traffic violence.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/02/the-explainer-how-gov-hochuls-car-insurance-agenda-hurts-victims-helps-big-car-big-insurance
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FREE CITI BIKE! It's four full days after the storm, so join me in sharing the outrage, via
@nyc.streetsblog.org
about Lyft's awful shoveling job post snow (starring
@sophlebo.bsky.social
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Citi Bikes are still snowed in after this weekend's storm #nyc #bike #wintercycling #snowstorm
YouTube video by Streetsblog NYC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLmzEzhxZo
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Streetsblog NYC
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EXCLUSIVE: Three delivery apps accused of "cheating workers" — UberEats, Fantuan and Hungry Panda — will repay $4.6 million in wages that it held back in violation of the city's landmark minimum pay law for deliveristas, the Mamdani administration will announce this morning.
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The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
https://buff.ly/SYaUVOC
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I joined Radio Catskill this morning to discuss my recent coverage of Gov. Hochul's push to deregulate car insurance in the name of affordability, but at the expense of crash victims. Listen back here:
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Big Tech’s Quiet Role in Hochul’s Auto Insurance Push Raises Questions
Gov. Kathy Hochul says her proposal to cut auto insurance rates is about affordability — cracking down on fraud and easing costs for New Yorkers. But new reporting suggests powerful corporate interes...
https://wjffradio.org/big-techs-quiet-role-in-hochuls-auto-insurance-push-raises-questions/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
What bliss, what joy
@nycsanitation.bsky.social
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Michael Li (李之樸)
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The delivery people of NYC get the next cover of the New Yorker with cover art by Peter de Sève, “New York’s Finest”
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The city's decision to let cars back into a Staten Island park last year came straight from the top, internal city communications obtained by Streetsblog reveal.
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From the Top: Eric Adams Directly Ordered Cars Back Inside Staten Island Park - Streetsblog New York City
The former mayor got the city to move at warp speed for cars.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/22/from-the-top-eric-adams-directly-ordered-cars-back-inside-staten-island-park
about 2 months ago
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Big tech companies like Uber have been spending big to deregulate auto insurance in New York state, at the expense of crash victims, and Gov. Hochul is pushing their cause in the name of "affordability."
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'CAR'-Tastrophe: Big Tech is Secretly Behind Hochul's Auto Insurance Rate Cut Push - Streetsblog New York City
Is Uber really interested in a more affordable New York?
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/22/car-tastrophe-big-tech-is-secretly-behind-hochuls-auto-insurance-rate-cut-push
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
“Longevity doesn’t help if you suck at the job.” It’s the Streetsblog x Janno Lieber interview
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INTERVIEW: MTA Chair Janno Lieber Talks to Streetsblog to Mark Four Years at the Top - Streetsblog New York City
MTA chairman Janno Lieber sat down with Streetsblog for an in-depth interview about his tenure, congestion pricing, buses and more.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/21/interview-mta-chair-janno-lieber-talks-to-streetsblog-to-mark-four-years-at-the-top
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon
about 2 months ago
Coming up tomorrow: the sit-down no one in the room ever expected to actually happen
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Gov. Hochul is pushing an Uber-backed plan to limit which crash victims get compensation as part of her proposals to rein in auto insurance costs. The move would shift the cost of traffic violence from motorists and insurance companies to victims, experts warn.
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Gov. Hochul's Uber-Backed Car Insurance 'Reforms' Threaten Payouts To Crash Victims - Streetsblog New York City
Hochul wants to limit payouts to crash victims under the banner of "affordability" and claims that "staged crashes" drive up insurance rates.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/14/gov-hochuls-car-insurance-cuts-threaten-payouts-to-crash-victims-experts
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Check it out: We're tracking if Mayor Mamdani will deliver where Mayor Eric Adams failed. Plus other news.
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Tuesday's Headlines: It's a Tracker Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Check it out: We're tracking if Mayor Mamdani will deliver where Mayor Eric Adams failed. Plus other news.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/13/tuesdays-headlines-its-a-tracker-edition
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about 2 months ago
Governor Hochul will announce an extension of the Second Avenue Subway to 125th and Broadway in her State of the State address on Tuesday.
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Westward Ho! Hochul Proposes to Extend Second Ave. Subway Along 125th Street to Broadway - Streetsblog New York City
The next step for the Second Avenue Subway is west across 125th Street to Broadway, Gov. Hochul will announce Tuesday.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/13/westward-ho-hochul-proposes-to-extend-second-ave-subway-along-125th-street-to-broadway
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The Court Street protected bike lane lives!
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/b...
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BREAKING: Brooklyn Judge Dismisses Court St. Bike Lane Lawsuit - Streetsblog New York City
Justice Inga O'Neale dismissed the lawsuit by the Court Street Merchants Association.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/breaking-brooklyn-judge-dismisses-court-st-bike-lane-lawsuit
about 2 months ago
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Still getting used to hearing a DOT commissioner praising congestion pricing. "This project supports congestion pricing by helping more people get into and around Manhattan's core without a car," said DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn.
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'It's About Execution': Mamdani Deputy Mayor Slams Adams for 'Interference' With Bus Projects - Streetsblog New York City
The Zohran Mamdani administration revived a Madison Avenue bus lane project that officials said was stalled by the previous mayor's team.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/its-about-execution-mamdani-deputy-mayor-slams-adams-for-interference-with-bus-projects
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
The Mamdani DOT could probably spend more than half the year just announcing it’s reviving projects Eric Adams delayed or outright killed
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'It's About Execution': Mamdani Deputy Mayor Slams Adams for 'Interference' With Bus Projects - Streetsblog New York City
The Zohran Mamdani administration revived a Madison Avenue bus lane project that officials said was stalled by the previous mayor's team.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/its-about-execution-mamdani-deputy-mayor-slams-adams-for-interference-with-bus-projects
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Condo owners on the Upper West Side want to convert two parking spots at their building entrance into a loading zone, but parking-first Community Board 7 isn't having any of it.
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Parking-Obsesssed West Side Community Board Snubs Ask For Loading Zone - Streetsblog New York City
Parking continues to reign supreme on the Upper West Side.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/12/parking-obsesssed-west-side-community-board-snubs-ask-for-loading-zone
about 2 months ago
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon
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New Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson does not hold back “Last year, DOT proposed extending the bus lanes on Madison Avenue from 42nd Street down to 23rd Street. But interference from the last administration caused the agency to miss this painting season, delaying critical improvements for transit riders.”
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Ex-Mayor Adams moved to reopen a road inside Forest Park, Queens, to cars in his admin's final days. It would be an easy thing for Mayor Mamdani to undo, as locals hope he will.
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Mayor Adams Let Drivers Back into Forest Park — and Mayor Mamdani Can Fix It - Streetsblog New York City
Eric Adams brought cars back to Freedom Drive inside Forest Park in Queens. Now locals say it's on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to reverse it.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/09/adams-let-drivers-back-forest-park-mayor-mamdani-can-fix
2 months ago
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Colleen Wilson
2 months ago
Kris Kolluri will stay on to head NJTRANSIT AND will lead the NJ Turnpike. Pretty sure this has not been done before, here’s my story on what this means.
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Sherrill makes unusual move in naming head of NJ Turnpike Authority
Mikie Sherrill's move to appoint Kris Kolluri to head two transportation agencies is meant to unify strategy to improve commutes for NJ residents.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/transportation/2026/01/08/mikie-sherrill-nj-transit-head-kris-kolluri-lead-nj-turnpike/88089971007/
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The Zohramp is still a trap for bike ticketing stings.
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2 months ago
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'Zohramp' At Williamsburg Bridge Still NYPD Ticket Trap - Streetsblog New York City
The NYPD was back to ticketing cyclists at the Williamsburg Bridge bike path in Manhattan even before the asphalt had fully dried on the new "Zohramp."
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/08/zohramp-at-williamsburg-bridge-still-nypd-ticket-trap
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I'm no lawyer, but what? “This narrative is completely false in terms of bribery. You can’t commit bribery on your close friend,” Ciafone said. “This is a witch hunt against Gina Argento, Tony Argento and Broadway Stages.”
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It’s a ‘witch hunt:’ Mamdani’s McGuinness Boulevard redesign sparks reaction from prominent attorney representing accused bribery duo
An attorney for Tony and Gina Argento, who were accused of bribery, reacted to Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to redesign McGuinness Boulevard.
https://www.amny.com/nyc-transit/mcguinness-boulevard-redesign-sparks-reaction/
2 months ago
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As promised, the Mamdani administration will appeal a Queens judge's order to rip out a half-done protected bike lane in the mayor's home neighborhood of Astoria.
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Two-Pronged Approach: City Will Appeal Judge's Block on Astoria Bike Lane But Also Address Her Concerns - Streetsblog New York City
The city is moving to appeal a December court order to rip up Astoria's 31st Street protected bike lane — but will simultaneously push to get the redesign installed this spring by completing a minor b...
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/two-pronged-approach-city-will-appeal-judges-block-on-astoria-bike-lane-but-also-address-her-concerns
2 months ago
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