Eve Kessler

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The mayor always seems to have a tool at hand. Photo: Mayor's Office

Friday’s Headlines: Adams Sheds No Tears Edition

By Eve Kessler | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

When it comes to outdoor dining, the mayor struts loudly and swings a big truncheon. Plus other news.

To Fix Inflation And Climate Change, Get Americans out of Cars

By Eve Kessler | Aug 19, 2022 | No Comments

Our gas-guzzling rides are tanking our personal finances and municipal budgets as well as dooming the planet.

Four More Perps Sought in Hit-and-Run Rampages

By Eve Kessler | Aug 15, 2022 | No Comments

Cops are now looking for four hit-and-run perps who killed one pedestrian and injured five people, including one walker injured in a rare bike-on-ped incident.

The mayor demonstrated speed-restriction technology in a city Prius yesterday. Photo: Mayor's Office

Friday’s Headlines: Big, Fat Softball Edition

By Eve Kessler | Aug 12, 2022 | No Comments

The mayor tests speed-restriction technology on city fleet cars — but not his own. Plus, other news.

A sinkhole on the Hudson River Greenway, looking south above 183rd Street. Photo: Inwood Owners Association (with help from the Streetsblog Photoshop Desk)

SETBACK: Parks Dept. Will Dump Bikers onto Dangerous Roads During Greenway Fix

By Eve Kessler | Aug 11, 2022 | No Comments

After four months of delay over safety questions, a northern Manhattan project will proceed without many changes.

Announcing a Sanitation Department compost recycling inititative,Mayor Adams tries out trash collection with a worker in Flushing Meadow Park. Photo: Mayor's Office

After an Epic Fail, the City Relaunches Residential Composting

By Eve Kessler | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

The Sanitation Department will begin universal organics pick-up in one borough — Queens — on Oct. 3. Will it work this time?

The pedestrian was crossing Oxford Avenue when she was struck by the driver making a left. Photo: Eve Kessler

‘Whippersnapper’ Senior Citizen Run Down and Killed in Riverdale

By Gersh Kuntzman and Eve Kessler | Jul 29, 2022 | No Comments

A woman who was struck and seriously injured by a driver in Riverdale earlier this week has died — and the driver remains uncharged, police said on Friday.