Kevin Duggan
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2 days ago
The super speeder proposal will apply to drivers with 16 or more speed-camera violations in a 12-month period, mirroring regulations agreed upon in the version the state Senate passed last year.
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VICTORY: 'Stop Super Speeders' Act Included In Final Budget - Streetsblog Empire State
Common-sense street safety legislation will make it into the state's spending plan.
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Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery leaders launched a push for a greenway and new entrance gate at its Sunset Park side.
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Green-Wood Cemetery Wants Protected Bike Lane, New Sunset Park Entrance - Streetsblog New York City
Green-Wood Cemetery wants to transform a desolate stretch of roads on its southern border with bike lanes and wider sidewalks.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/green-wood-green-way
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BREAKING: Streetsblog's 20th Anniversary party will be on Saturday, June 13, from 3-7 pm! More details to follow, but there will be a live band ... and it will be performing CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. Relive the majesty right now (and memorize the lyrics):
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Criminal Mischief (For Adam White)
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MtNJUdUAZ4eNqeOzSVFqr?si=8387fcb8348741b8
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Mayor Mamdani must revive the Third Av redesign in Brooklyn, after Eric Adams abandoned the deadly corridor, Sunset Park residents say.
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Sunset Park To Mamdani: Make Third Av. Safe After Adams Abandoned Deadly Corridor - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Mamdani must fulfill his campaign promise to revive a critical safety street redesign of Third Avenue in Sunset Park, residents and advocates demanded on Monday.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/05/sunset-park-to-mamdani-make-third-av-safe-after-adams-abandoned-deadly-corridor?utm_source=streetsblog-nyc.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=educated-at-colombia
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NYPD gave out thousands of criminal summonses to cyclists and e-bike riders in the first three months of the Mamdani administration, until the new mayor made good on his campaign pledge to end the Adams-era crackdown.
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Mamdani's NYPD Gave Thousands of Criminal Bike Summonses Until Mayor Ended Adams-Era Crackdown: Stats - Streetsblog New York City
Before the criminal crackdown finally ended, Mamdani's NYPD was carrying out his predecessor's policy.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/04/mamdanis-nypd-gave-thousands-of-criminal-bike-summonses-until-mayor-ended-adams-era-crackdown-stats
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The rate of drivers killing and maiming children in south Williamsburg is baffling
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School Bus Driver Kills Nine-Year-Old Boy in South Williamsburg - Streetsblog New York City
A school bus driver struck and killed a 9-year-old boy in the Hasidic section of South Williamsburg on Friday morning, police said.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/05/01/school-bus-driver-kills-nine-year-old-boy-in-south-williamsburg
8 days ago
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This was gone this morning. Thanks
@nyc-dot.bsky.social
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9 days ago
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I guess the city has given up and is telling cyclists to pick up all the trash on the Brooklyn Bridge bike lane themselves.
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11 days ago
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Hochul and state lawmakers are looking at tightening state auto insurance regulations that allow insurers to jack up rates by 5 percent a year without approval, reports
@joncampbellny.bsky.social
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Car insurance crackdown: NY Gov. Hochul, lawmakers weigh limit on rate hikes
It’s the latest attempt to break a stalemate in negotiations over reforming New York’s auto insurance laws.
https://gothamist.com/news/car-insurance-crackdown-ny-gov-hochul-lawmakers-weigh-limit-on-rate-hikes
11 days ago
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New York's auto insurance regulations are supposed to divert excess profits back to policyholders, but the state's threshold is so high that it's never been invoked. Leading lawmakers and consumer watchdogs called the supposed backstop an embarrassing joke.
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Hochul Says She'll Rein in Big Insurance With 'Excess Profit' Law; Experts Call That A 'Joke' - Streetsblog New York City
"This is not a consumer protection," one expert said.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/28/hochul-says-shell-rein-in-big-insurance-with-excess-profit-law-experts-call-that-a-joke
11 days ago
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The ads for "billboard lawyers" are all over MTA's buses too.
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12 days ago
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"It’s near-impossible to ride public transit without encountering splashy ads from attorneys who, as the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority puts it, “seem to think the MTA is actually spelled ATM,”" reports
@jmartineznyc.bsky.social
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MTA Battles Lawsuit Payouts as ‘Billboard Lawyer’ Ads
Ads from personal injury attorneys blanket the transit system, even as the MTA’s leader disparages them for costly claims that drain the authority’s budget.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/27/mta-personal-injury-lawyers-ads-claim-lawsuit/
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Mayor Mamdani condemned Staten Island cop James Giovansanti’s 547 speed and red light tickets as "unacceptable," when I asked him about it today, but he declined to say whether the lawman would face any discipline. -- w/
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'Unacceptable': Mamdani Condemns Super Speeder Cop, But Won't Commit to Action - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani called Staten Island NYPD Officer James Giovansanti's 547 speed and red light camera tickets "unacceptable."
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/24/unacceptable-mamdani-condemns-super-speeder-cop-but-wont-commit-to-action
15 days ago
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The Mamdani administration is shifting the focus of the city's commercial waste zones to safety and cutting vehicle miles – but only for two outstanding contracts, as most carters were hired under Mayor Adams despite their bad records.
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Two Little Too Late: Mamdani Shifts Private Carting Reforms Toward Safety for Remaining Pair of Contracts - Streetsblog New York City
Mayor Zohran Mamdani will put safety first when deciding who to award the city's last two remaining commercial waste zone contracts.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/two-little-too-late-mamdani-private-carting
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16 days ago
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer.
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To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/to-protect-and-swerve-nypd-cop-has-527-speeding-tickets-yet-remains-on-the-force
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17 days ago
Can we get the pace of street, plaza, greenway construction to be measured in years rather than decades? If you want streets that are the envy of the world, this is the challenge
@nyc.streetsblog.org
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Exclusive: Mamdani Picks Construction Chief Eager to Speed Up Street Redesigns - Streetsblog New York City
The Mamdani administration has chosen senior Department of Transportation official Paul Ochoa to lead the city's delay-plagued capital construction division, the Department of Design and Construction.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/exclu-mamdani-picks-capital-construction-chief-eager-to-speed-up-street-redesigns?utm_source=streetsblog-nyc.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=design-and-construct
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State Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins questions Gov. Hochul's claim that fraud is squarely to blame for rising auto insurance costs
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Senate Majority Leader Calls B.S. On Hochul's Insurance Fraud Claims - Streetsblog Empire State
Andrea Stewart-Cousins suggests that the rampant fraud referred to by the governor was a manufactured issue.
https://empire.streetsblog.org/andrea-stewart-cousins-says-no-insurance-fraud
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Pretty bizarre show of force from FDNY here, as
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reports.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/q...
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Queens Civic Panel Endorses Mamdani's Super-Sized Astoria Bike Lane - Streetsblog New York City
Queens Community Board 1 overwhelmingly backed Mayor Mamdani's plan to redesign the entire length of 31st Street in Astoria.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/queens-civic-panel-endorses-mamdanis-super-sized-astoria-bike-lane
17 days ago
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Mayor Mamdani picked a top DOT official to head the city's delay-plagued capital construction arm, the Department of Design and Construction. The incoming commissioner, Paul Ochoa, told Streetsblog he's eager to speed up buildouts of transportation infrastructure.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/e...
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Exclusive: Mamdani Picks Construction Chief Eager to Speed Up Street Redesigns - Streetsblog New York City
The Mamdani administration has chosen senior Department of Transportation official Paul Ochoa to lead the city's delay-plagued capital construction division, the Department of Design and Construction.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/22/exclu-mamdani-picks-capital-construction-chief-eager-to-speed-up-street-redesigns?utm_source=streetsblog-nyc.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=design-and-construct
17 days ago
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Auto insurance rate evasion via false addresses and out-of-state license plates surged under Gov. Hochul’s watch, yet she has released few details on how she plans to deal with it beyond a task force.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/21/a...
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'Rate Evaders': Auto Insurance Address Fraud Soars Under Hochul's Watch - Streetsblog New York City
The cost of New York drivers who fraudulently register their cars to false addresses has soared to more than $50 million per year.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/21/auto-insurance-address-fraud-soars-under-hochul-garage-fraud-cars
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Colin Kinniburgh
19 days ago
America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border. In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job. My story in
@nysfocus.com
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nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
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This Data Center is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
https://nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/data-center-tax-break-jpmorgan-chase
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon
22 days ago
I was there to do some reporting too, not just to get a shoutout from the mayor. And guess what? Curbside trash bins have made the streets safer where they went in!
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/17/c...
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An Uber-backed astroturf group is sending out emails from the dead to support Gov. Hochul's car insurance proposals.
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Big Tech Floods Legislators' Inboxes With Emails From Dead People In Support of Hochul's Car Insurance Scheme
Several state lawmakers say they have received form emails in support of Governor Hochul's car insurance proposal that were sent by people who don't support it at all — or are dead.
https://empire.streetsblog.org/fake-emails-car-insurance-hochul-uber-citizens-for-affordable-rates
22 days ago
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Crashes and serious injuries dropped 15 percent and 52 percent respectively in West Harlem after New York City swapped vehicle storage for curbside trash containers, according to data crunched by
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Crashes Went Down 15% In Harlem Trash Container Zone, As Mamdani Hawks Citywide Rollout - Streetsblog New York City
We crunched the numbers: Empire Bins don't just make streets cleaner, they also make them safer.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/17/crashes-went-down-15-in-harlem-trash-container-zone-as-mamdani-hawks-citywide-rollout
22 days ago
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Reading between the lines of recent
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community board presentations reveals a more confident agency under Mayor Mamdani than under Adams, with DOT actively pushing back against overblown and downright false narratives that bike lanes worsen traffic or block first responders.
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Gov. Hochul could cut auto insurance premiums and slash what she considers “runaway litigation” if NY followed the European and Canadian models that consider motorists liable in crashes with vulnerable road users by default, due to the inherent danger of driving.
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Hochul Could Cut 'Runaway' Crash Lawsuits With Default Motorist Liability - Streetsblog New York City
Europe recognizes that cars are inherently dangerous and should be to blame for crashes.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/16/hochul-could-cut-runaway-crash-lawsuits-with-default-motorist-liability
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon
25 days ago
Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has to deal with drivers parked in the bike lane
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The MTA has been one of the most vocal supporters of Hochul's Uber-backed push to deregulate auto insurance, but the agency's talking points paper over a lot of crucial context, as Streetsblog Albany Bureau Chief Austin C. Jefferson reveals.
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ANALYSIS: MTA Example Case For Hochul's Insurance Plan Does Not Hold Up To Scrutiny - Streetsblog Empire State
Janno and the MTA are backing the car insurance scam but say they'd save a pittance and aren't sharing examples.
https://empire.streetsblog.org/analysis-mta-example-case-for-hochuls-insurance-plan-does-not-hold-up-to-scrutiny
25 days ago
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Tim Donnelly
30 days ago
hello today I wrote about something that's been driving me crazy lately: the proliferation of beloved local businesses turning to off-putting AI slop. I sat down with one of them to ask why
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Jon Orcutt
about 1 month ago
Very interested to see what the output is here. I'm certain it will be most effective if it is accompanied by a new Office of Aggressive Ticketing & Towing
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The city just put out a job posting to lead DOT's new Office of Curb Management.
cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/assistan...
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about 1 month ago
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Gov. Hochul’s auto insurance agenda follows a coast-to-coast campaign by Uber to shield itself from lawsuits, relying on a tort reform playbook common to industries like Big Tobacco, fossil fuels and auto manufacturers.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/08/h...
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Hochul’s Insurance Push Follows Uber’s National Playbook — As The Company Spends Big on Her Re-Election - Streetsblog New York City
Gov. Kathy Hochul is raking in cash from Uber as she follows its state-by-state playbook to erode the rights of car crash victims.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/08/hochul-insurance-uber-playbook
about 1 month ago
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Mayor Mamdani is launching an Office of Curb Management, consolidating different parts of DOT to better regulate the city's 6,300 miles of curb space.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/07/e...
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EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani Creates 'Curb Management' Office at DOT, Seeking Order From Chaos - Streetsblog New York City
Better management of this vital public space is needed for broader public uses such as safe deliveries, outdoor dining and containerized garbage pick-up.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/07/exclusive-mamdani-creates-curb-management-office-at-dot-seeking-long-sought-order-from-chaos
about 1 month ago
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Amy
about 1 month ago
Some extremely exciting news (🧵): The MTA is looking for a vendor to redesign our website! Ours badly needs a refresh—I manage it, I'm allowed to say that—and my dream is for a site that's modern, accessible, user-friendly, and that incorporates our very iconic design and branding.
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Mayor Mamdani has yet to earmark funding for DSNY's burgeoning waste containerization program, after former Mayor Adams failed to dedicate money beyond a pilot program.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/02/t...
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Trash Containerization Program Remains Unfunded in Mamdani's City Budget - Streetsblog New York City
Whither the "Trash Revolution?"
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/02/trash-containerization-program-remains-unfunded-in-mamdanis-city-budget
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
The CitizensNYC grants will cover up to $20,000 — the same amount of money the city contributed in years past — for open streets groups to pay for staff and management, programming and maintenance.
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'Game-Changer': Non-Profit Throws Financial Lifeline to Open Streets Program - Streetsblog New York City
The Citizens Committee for New York City will provide volunteer groups with an immediate lifeline before the start of the season.
https://buff.ly/4gdgpbM
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Sophia Lebowitz
about 1 month ago
Found an old blog post from Relay's CEO, Alex Blum, where he described doing a winter delivery shift before the company took off. "There is not a lot of empathy in the life of a delivery guy," he noticed.
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Sophia Lebowitz
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Went on a ride along with a Relay worker back in February, a lot of what I noticed then led me to the investigation into the subcontracting. The story explains how hard it is for delivery workers to understand how they are getting paid. Relay shuts down its New York operations tomorrow.
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A Night On The Road With A Relay Delivery Worker
Delivery workers are among the hardest-working, worst-paid, most-endangered jobbers in town. We rode with one to give you an idea.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/on-the-road-with-a-relay-delivery-worker-wonder-deliveristas-workers-justice
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"Grubhub, which also owns and operates Seamless, 'outsourced' to Relay, another delivery platform, 'to stem elevated driver pay costs,'" reports
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Grubhub 'Outsourced' Delivery Work To Skirt Minimum Wage
Internal documents show that Grubhub, a delivery app owned by Wonder, subcontracted labor to lower paid workers to save money.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/maximum-rage-grubhub-outsourced-delivery-work-to-skirt-city-minimum-wage-docs-show
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
Uber has dumped $8 million into supporting
@governor.ny.gov
's controversial agenda to lower auto insurance rates at the expense of some crash victims.
@emilylip.bsky.social
explains:
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Uber is spending millions to lower car insurance rates in New York #carinsurance #ny #uber #nyc
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https://youtube.com/shorts/3VEZ1mFJjvs
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Liam Quigley
about 1 month ago
Just saw this driver casually get out and put stickers over his license plates just before getting on the Manhattan Bridge to avoid congestion pricing
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about 1 month ago
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Gov. Hochul has made cheaper driving a key plank of her "affordability" agenda, after millions of dollars in campaign donations by Uber. She has deployed state agencies she controls to advance her push, along with a steady clip of rallies and ads.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/30/s...
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'Slopulism': Cheaper Driving Is Hochul's Key 'Affordability' Issue - Streetsblog New York City
The governor has nearly a one-track mind when it comes to lowering auto insurance premiums — no matter the cost to her constituents.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/30/slopulism-cheaper-driving-is-hochuls-key-affordability-issue
about 1 month ago
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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon
about 1 month ago
Zohran Mamdani is announcing that by June the city will install a new cycling entrance on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. FIRST in STREETSBLOG
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/27/m...
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Mamdani Will Upgrade Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan-Side Entrance By June - Streetsblog New York City
DOT will begin start construction in April of the Adams-era proposal to give cyclists and pedestrians their own entrances to the bridge.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/27/mamdani-will-upgrade-brooklyn-bridge-manhattan-side-entrance-by-june
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Streetsblog NYC
about 1 month ago
NEW: Mayor Mamdani’s Department of Transportation will finally follow through on a mothballed 2024 plan to build a new and improved Manhattan-side bike lane and pedestrian entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Mamdani Will Upgrade Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan-Side Entrance By June - Streetsblog New York City
DOT will begin start construction in April of the Adams-era proposal to give cyclists and pedestrians their own entrances to the bridge.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/27/mamdani-will-upgrade-brooklyn-bridge-manhattan-side-entrance-by-june
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Streetsblog NYC
about 2 months ago
When Streetsblog gets answers, New Yorkers get accountability.
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Local reporters hold Mayor Mamdani accountable for campaign promises #nyc #bike #news #localnews
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https://youtube.com/shorts/17ay3EYXAS4
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Ryan Goldberg
about 2 months ago
This is in two days! Kick off spring with a bird chat and bird walk in beautiful Fort Tryon Park.
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Crash victims slammed Gov. Hochul’s auto insurance proposal, fearing that the Uber-fueled agenda will leave future New Yorkers struck by drivers out to dry.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/19/h...
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'How Do You Do That to People?' Crash Victims Speak Out Against Hochul's Car Insurance Agenda - Streetsblog New York City
"Her supposition that, 'There’s a lot of fraud and people are faking these injuries in order to get million-dollar payouts' is preposterous," said one crash victim.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/19/how-do-you-do-that-to-people-crash-victims-speak-out-against-hochuls-car-insurance-agenda
about 2 months ago
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