Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

Margaret Chin and 1,000 Citizens Ask NYPD to Investigate Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Nov 28, 2012 | 5 Comments

Council Member Margaret Chin’s office has joined those calling for a full investigation into the death of Kwok Fu, the 82-year-old man who was struck by the driver of a National Guard truck on Canal Street. A convoy of National Guard trucks was on its way to the Javits Center to pick up Sandy relief […]

Three Killed in Traffic in Three Days as City Council Dithers

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Three pedestrians were killed in traffic crashes on consecutive days in Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan this weekend. At approximately 1:15 this morning, Andrew Schoonover, a 31-year-old from Florida, was struck by the driver of a city sanitation truck at the corner of Second Avenue and East 84th Street. NYPD told the Daily News and the […]

Vacca Lectures DOT on NYPD Delivery Cyclist Enforcement

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2012 | 28 Comments

The City Council Transportation Committee is on a mission to bring bike delivery workers into compliance with traffic laws, but council members appear unsure as to how to go about it. Concern over sidewalk riding, red-light running and other behaviors by restaurant workers led to the creation of a DOT commercial cycling unit, which is […]

Council Members Call on Ray Kelly to Reform NYPD Crash Investigations

By Ben Fried | Jul 25, 2012 | 7 Comments

Commissioner Ray Kelly and the New York City Police Department cannot continue to let thousands of serious injuries caused by dangerous driving go uninvestigated each year, said a group of City Council members, street safety advocates, and victims’ families on the steps of City Hall today. Council members are following up on a February hearing […]

Council’s E-Bike Obsession: Like Trying to Drain the Ocean With a Thimble

By Brad Aaron | Jul 17, 2012 | 10 Comments

Last Thursday, City Council members held another press event on electric bikes. A bill introduced by Dan Garodnick would double the fine for riding an e-bike on the sidewalk from $100 to $200, according to a DNAinfo report, while the penalty for running a red light would go as high as $900. The city does […]

At Transpo Hearing, Council Members Ask for More Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Jun 19, 2012 | 11 Comments

The New York City Council has learned to stop worrying and love the bus lane. In a transportation hearing held this morning on the topic of outer borough transit, not a single person, whether on the council or testifying before it, had a bad word to say about NYC’s Select Bus Service program, which has […]

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