Eve Kessler
Email Eve Kessler at eve@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Times Square Business Group Pilots Street Trash Enclosures
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The "Clean Curbs" program arrives as the Times Square Alliance looks to rid sidewalks of leaky, smelly garbage bags at the Crossroads of the the World.
Thursdays Headlines: ‘We Got Him!’ Edition
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One good collar doesn't mean we need more cops in the subway. Plus other news.
Got Commercial Trash? The Sanitation Department Has $20K for Your Project
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The city will spend an almost infinitesimal amount of money on a problem with monumental repercussions.
Thursday’s Headlines: Home News Edition
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Open Plans's policy director gets a well-deserved honor. Plus how to get to Yankee Stadium by bike!
Riverdale Rumble: Bronx Panel Rejects DOT Road Diet Plan for Super-Wide Avenue
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The majority on the Traffic and Transportation Committee of Bronx Community Board 8 objected to the DOT's proposed .75-mile-long "road diet," which would provide a treatment similar to the one it successfully installed across the Bronx on Morris Park Avenue.
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Mr. Barkan Goes to Washington’ Edition
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A noted writer (and putative urbanist) takes a pass on taking Amtrak to D.C. Plus other real news on April Fool's Day.
Riverdale Avenue Rumble: Bronx Pol Dinowitz Objects to DOT’s Move on ‘Road Diet’
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A Bronx Council member is fighting a city proposal to calm traffic on an overwide, dangerous road in the northwest part of the borough — a proposal that has drawn support from a progressive candidate for state Senate.
Thursday’s Headlines: Exclusive News Edition
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The big story yesterday was the hiring of Bostonian Richard Davey as the first permanent president of New York City Transit since disgraced former Gov. Cuomo ran Andy Byford out of town. Plus other news.
Friday’s Headlines: Let’s Go Zoom! Edition
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Should online video streaming be a permanent feature of public meetings? Plus other news.
UPDATED: EYES ON THE STREET: Dereliction of Duty in the Heights and Inwood
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How many trashed cars, vans and RVs can uptown neighborhoods take? DSNY and NYPD are inflicting an unnatural experiment on two low-income, Latino areas.
Thursday’s Headlines: Boosting our (Cop) Brackets Edition
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Why Streetsblog's March (Parking) Madness series is so important. Plus other news.
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Home Rule’ Rocks Edition
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Albany must unshackle the city so that it can use life-saving street-safety tools. Plus other news.