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Dave Colon

Email Dave Colon at dcolon@streetsblog.org

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Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2020 State of the State address. File photo: Darren McGee/ Governor's office
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Governor Uses ‘Deliver Justice’ Rhetoric To Tout E-Bike Legalization

By Dave Colon | Jan 8, 2020 | No Comments
ALBANY — Cuomo's plan to legalize the throttle-controlled bikes favored by delivery workers is part of the governor's "Making Progress Happen" agenda. It included the advocacy phrase "deliver justice."
The proposed, and currently unnamed, Penn Station South. Area residents have some notes. Image: Governor's Office
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‘Master Builder’ Cuomo Pitches Old Proposal For New ‘Penn Station South’

By Dave Colon | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments
A possibly $8-billion proposal would raise the total number of train tracks at Penn Station to 29 and serve 175,000 commuters per day, the governor said.
Baby you're a rich bus too: The MTA found the cash to keep the Q53 in this version fo the Queens bus redesign. Image: Around the Horn via Flickr

Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity

By Dave Colon | Jan 3, 2020 | No Comments
The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.
Cuomo, seen here in a magical people-moving tunnel. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

Cuomo’s Subway Savior Elon Musk Spent All Weekend Tweeting About Inventing … The Subway

By Dave Colon | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments
Maybe it's time for Gov. Cuomo to think a bit more inside the box.

De Blasio’s 2019 Report Card: Lots of ‘Incompletes’

By Dave Colon | Dec 30, 2019 | No Comments
We think the mayor has done some great things, some not-so-great things and then failed to do some things at all. Our annual report card.
The governor loves cars. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Cuomo’s Helmet Obsession is Going to Ruin Everything

By Dave Colon | Dec 27, 2019 | No Comments
Who needs a helmet when you've got an empty skull?
Photo: NY1

Cuomo Signs Bill Revoking Licenses From Drivers With ‘Medical Episodes’

By Dave Colon | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments
Reckless drivers now have one less excuse to hide behind.
E-bike delivery workers rallying against NYPD enforcement in December 2017. Photo: David Meyer

BREAKING: Cuomo Vetoes Overwhelmingly Popular Bill to Legalize E-Bikes

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments
A terrible blow to workers who are frequently targeted by NYPD officers.
Bert Nuehring (right) and Eric Nylund presented the Crowe LLP audit to the MTA Board on Wednesday. Photo: MTA

MTA Pays $900,000 For Audit Telling Them Things They’ve Already Heard For Free

By Dave Colon | Dec 22, 2019 | No Comments
For the same $900,000 that the MTA paid for the forensic audit, the agency could have funded 14,173 30-day Fair Fare MetroCards.
Police investigate a fatal crash at the corner of Broadway and Howard Street. Photo: Dave Colon

Bloody Thursday: Truckers Kills Pedestrians In SoHo and Sunset Park

By Dave Colon | Dec 19, 2019 | No Comments
New York City's bloody backslide on Vision Zero continued on Thursday afternoon with the death of two more pedestrians hit by two more truck drivers.
There's a hiring freeze, but no official cop rollback. Photo: Caitlin Plaut

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Cuomo: Stop Criminalizing Poverty with Your ‘Dangerous’ Subway Cop Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments
Gov. Cuomo's obsession with hiring 500 more unaccountable cops to supposedly crack down on fare evasion is now a national embarrassment.
The Henry Hudson Bridge connects Riverdale with Upper Manhattan. Photo: Photo courtesy of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Special Archive

Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters

By Dave Colon | Dec 17, 2019 | No Comments
Veronica Vanterpool, who is leaving the board, "vehemently" opposes a giveback to drivers on the Henry Hudson and Cross Bay bridges.
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