Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about City Council

Rally Wednesday for Tougher Idling Regs Near Schools

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2009 | 11 Comments

Last week’s Chinatown disaster has prompted a good bit of discussion about idling vehicles. As it happens, two bills are wending their way through the City Council that would tighten idling restrictions and foster improved enforcement. A vote is expected tomorrow on Intro. 2007-631, which would reduce the maximum idling time from three minutes to […]

City Council Hard at Work on Pro-Parking Bills

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2009 | 12 Comments

Maria Baez wants all teachers to hit the road. Transit-riding New Yorkers, take heart. In these tough times, your City Council members are at this moment pushing a slew of bills that will make your lives easier. All you have to do is trade your MetroCard for a set of car keys. In December and […]

Stringer, Squadron, and Silver Call for Safer Chinatown Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 23, 2009 | 25 Comments

Will Silver follow through in Albany to make streets safer for his Chinatown constituents? In response to the crash that killed two young children on a Chinatown sidewalk yesterday, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and State Senator Daniel Squadron have released a nine-point plan to improve safety on the neighborhood’s streets. From Stringer’s press release: […]

Council Committee Gives Short Shrift to Deterring Traffic Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jan 14, 2009 | 3 Comments

Public Safety Chair Peter Vallone, Jr. It sounds as if yesterday’s City Council Public Safety Committee hearing on Resolution 145, which calls on state lawmakers "to address the legal loopholes that allow dangerous and deadly drivers to drive under the influence of drugs or to drive with a suspended or revoked license," could have gone […]

City Council Members: Down With Parking Enforcement

By Ben Fried | Jan 12, 2009 | 30 Comments

Councilmen Weprin, Felder, and Gentile protest the injustice of enforcing the law. Photo: Daily Politics Sick of walking around cars parked on the sidewalk? Fed up with the excessive traffic cruising for parking spots in your neighborhood? Tough luck. A gaggle of City Council members has got nothing for you, but they do want to […]

Council Members Surprised to Hear CBs Approved Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

With news swirling about possible cuts to New York’s bike network build-out and City Council oversight of street re-designs, we’d be remiss not to pass along this anecdote from the Bikes in Buildings hearing earlier this week. After DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan wrapped up her testimony to council members, she was peppered with questions about […]

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