“We believe DOT is illegally withholding information from the public that would allow New Yorkers to help root out the corruption on our streets,” Placard Abuse said in a statement.
I guess I'm tired of having to reach out to multiple agencies — Sanitation, DOT, Parks, the MTA, the NYPD, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Buildings — every time it snows to find out who's in charge.
The City Council will defy Mayor de Blasio and strip the NYPD of its power to investigate crashes and deliver that crucial street safety role to the Department of Transportation, a move that advocates have long sought, but that the mayor indicated this week he'll fight.