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Council Member Lappin Calls for Citywide Street Safety Office

By Noah Kazis | Feb 12, 2010 | 5 Comments

Jessica Lappin, the sponsor of new street safety legislation. Image: NY Real Estate Law Blog. In order to create a more tightly integrated public policy on safer streets, Council Member Jessica Lappin introduced legislation yesterday to create a new Office of Road Safety within the Department of Transportation. Lappin imagines the office creating a citywide […]

The Unofficial Word: Vacca to Head Transportation Committee

By Ben Fried | Jan 8, 2010 | 8 Comments

Politicker’s Azi Paybarah has the scoop on which City Council members Speaker Christine Quinn will likely choose for the most high-profile committee chairmanships. The assignments have yet to be made official, but it looks like the transportation committee, as rumored, will go to Jimmy Vacca, who represents the most suburban part of the Bronx. A […]

Gerson Bill Mandating Review of Transpo Projects Is Now Law

By Noah Kazis | Jan 7, 2010 | 4 Comments

In one of his final acts as a City Council member, Alan Gerson won passage for a bill that may slow down major street projects. New York City’s 2009 legislative session didn’t end without a parting gift from outgoing Lower Manhattan rep Alan Gerson. A new law that passed City Council unanimously before the end […]

Who Will Be NYC’s Next Transpo Committee Chair?

By Ben Fried | Jan 4, 2010 | 11 Comments

Now that Michael Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio, John Liu, and the City Council have been sworn in, attention turns to speaker Christine Quinn’s choices to head legislative committees. For New Yorkers who care about street safety and sustainable transportation, the big question is who will run the City Council transportation committee. James Vacca, left, and […]

City Council’s “Grace Period” Sparks Parking Agent Assault. What’s Next?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2009 | 12 Comments

A serial tire slasher, shown here in a video still, has targeted the vehicles of TEA agents. What effect will the meter "grace period" have on what is an already volatile environment? Image: Daily News Before it’s even signed into law, the City Council’s inane parking meter "grace period" is already making the job of […]

Council Members: If Only There Was Some Way to Deter Reckless Driving

By Ben Fried | Dec 4, 2009 | 6 Comments

Yesterday the City Council held a hearing on street safety for older New Yorkers. The hearing came while the deaths of Lillian and Peter Sabados, an elderly Staten Island couple run down by Allmir Lekperic on Thanksgiving eve, are still fresh in people’s minds. But when it comes to keeping drivers like Lekperic from harming […]

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