Eve Kessler

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SEE IT: Streetfilms Shows How Cargo Bikes Are Revolutionizing Family Life in New York

By Eve Kessler | Jan 11, 2022 | No Comments

Parents with conventional or electric bikes are loading up their kids (sometimes several kids!) and taking them everywhere.

Gov. Hochul delivered the State of the State address yesterday. Photo: Office of the Governor

Thursday’s Headlines: Historic Day? Edition

By Eve Kessler | Jan 6, 2022 | No Comments

Gov. Hochul sets transit advocates' hearts a-flutter. Plus ... a rat inside a parked car. (Yes, a rat inside a parked car!)

Friday’s Headlines: Merry Christmas! Edition

By Eve Kessler | Dec 24, 2021 | No Comments

Let's send glad tidings, count our blessings ... and note some less-than-stellar news, too.

Streetsies 2021: The Most Annoying Things That Didn’t Get Done

By Eve Kessler | Dec 24, 2021 | No Comments

Here's a litany of infuriating delays, epic fails, and mind-bending inaction on the part of every level of government — some of which could kill people! Which agency gets the most blame?

Mayor de Blasio's efforts to curtail placard corruption all have failed ignominiously.

NYPD Bombshell: New ‘All Agency’ Policy on Placard Abuse Coming Soon

By Eve Kessler | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

The dying de Blasio administration will apparently make one last effort to curb illegal use of parking certificates.

A lane and the sidewalk are closed for repairs on the southbound side of the Broadway Bridge in upper Manhattan. Photo: Eve Kessler

Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k

By Eve Kessler | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.

Andrew Cuomo, demonstrating his power over the MTA. File photo: Dave Colon

Thursday’s Headlines: Feeding at the Subway Trough Edition

By Eve Kessler | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority handed its subway cops oodles of unplanned, unbudgeted overtime from 2018-20. Plus other news from yesterday.

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District turned Little West 12th Street between Washington and Greenwich streets into a true open street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District

By Eve Kessler | Dec 1, 2021 | No Comments

See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.