COVID Budget Cuts Will Make City Less Safe and Dirtier
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Goodbye Green Wave. So long better bus service. Adios clean streets. Oh and look out for that falling tree branch!
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Mayor Suspends E-Bike Crackdown During Coronavirus Outbreak
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"We will be suspending enforcement while restaurants are take-out and delivery only," said City Hall spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein.
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD Must Include Traffic Crashes In Crime Data
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Council Member Mark Treyger wants New York’s Finest to include traffic crashes its world-renowned crime data portal known as CompStat so that crashes are treated with equal seriousness by the NYPD.
CORO-NO SHOW: MTA Ditches City Council Hearing For Pandemic Prep
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City Council members were sickened on Monday morning ... by the MTA skipping a City Council budget hearing.
Scott Stringer Says $11B BQE Tunnel Plan Doesn’t Move City Past Robert Moses Era
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The comptroller doesn't like the current (and fancy) plans to fix the highway for two reasons: there'd still be too many cars, and poorer neighborhoods won't benefit.
ANALYSIS: Corey Johnson’s Two BQE Recommendations Will Enable, Not Break, the Car Culture
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Whether it's an $11-billion tunnel or a $3.2-billion highway buried under a park, neither solution to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway reduces car use.