Dave Colon
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Governor Uses ‘Deliver Justice’ Rhetoric To Tout E-Bike Legalization
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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."
‘Master Builder’ Cuomo Pitches Old Proposal For New ‘Penn Station South’
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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.
Queens Bus Network Redesign Strives for Simplicity
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The draft plan seeks to combine routes and eliminate redundancies while improving connections among neighborhoods and between boroughs.
Cuomo’s Subway Savior Elon Musk Spent All Weekend Tweeting About Inventing … The Subway
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Maybe it's time for Gov. Cuomo to think a bit more inside the box.
De Blasio’s 2019 Report Card: Lots of ‘Incompletes’
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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.
Cuomo’s Helmet Obsession is Going to Ruin Everything
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Who needs a helmet when you've got an empty skull?
Cuomo Signs Bill Revoking Licenses From Drivers With ‘Medical Episodes’
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Reckless drivers now have one less excuse to hide behind.
BREAKING: Cuomo Vetoes Overwhelmingly Popular Bill to Legalize E-Bikes
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A terrible blow to workers who are frequently targeted by NYPD officers.
MTA Pays $900,000 For Audit Telling Them Things They’ve Already Heard For Free
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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.
Bloody Thursday: Truckers Kills Pedestrians In SoHo and Sunset Park
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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.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Cuomo: Stop Criminalizing Poverty with Your ‘Dangerous’ Subway Cop Plan
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Gov. Cuomo's obsession with hiring 500 more unaccountable cops to supposedly crack down on fare evasion is now a national embarrassment.
Mayor’s MTA Board Member Blasts Toll Rebates To One Million Car Commuters
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Veronica Vanterpool, who is leaving the board, "vehemently" opposes a giveback to drivers on the Henry Hudson and Cross Bay bridges.