Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Civil Rights

Cop Assaults Critical Mass Rider. Charges Filed Against Cyclist.

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2008 | 72 Comments

Words fail when watching this clip of an NYPD officer forcibly knocking a Critical Mass rider to the pavement last Friday. The assault was caught on video by a bystander in Times Square. Compounding the injustice, reports Gothamist, is what happened next: A representative for TIMES UP! tells us that the cyclist in this video […]

At Critical Mass, Reverend Al Calls for NYPD Accountability

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2008 | 8 Comments

The Reverend Al Sharpton, the family of Sean Bell, and an all-star cast of civil liberties advocates joined cyclists in Union Square last Friday for one of the more anticipated Critical Mass rides in recent memory. The gathering, which filled up the south end of the park, came three weeks after the Reverend led hundreds […]

Opposition Mounts to NYPD Assembly Rules; Rally Tonight

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2008 | 7 Comments

As the City Council takes up legislation to lift NYPD rules against public assembly, cyclists and advocates will hold a rally and press conference before tonight’s Critical Mass ride. From BikeBlog: Critical Mass participants will be joined by a diverse group of videographers, artists, activists and politicians outraged over NYPD regulatory constraints on the civil […]

Mendez Bill Would Overturn NYPD Parade Rules

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2008 | 9 Comments

A cyclist is ticketed during Critical Mass last spring City Council Member Rosie Mendez has introduced a bill to overturn the NYPD’s parade permit rules, which require groups of over 50 to obtain a permit before assembling. Enacted a year ago, the rules were seen as a way for the city to subvert Critical Mass […]

Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2008 | 11 Comments

Streetfilms captured highlights of Enrique Penalosa’s appearance with COMMUTE. One of the most entrenched fallacies in the congestion pricing debate has been the assertion that blue-collar New Yorkers get the short end of the stick. The claim never withstood scrutiny, but now it is facing an especially strong counterargument from Communities United for Transportation Equity […]

The Human Rights Argument For BRT And Pricing

By Ben Fried | Feb 4, 2008 | 16 Comments

A map produced by the Pratt Center [pdf] shows neighborhoods with a high concentration of low-income commuters with long commutes. With congestion pricing now before the City Council, the coalition pushing it forward shows signs of strengthening at exactly the right time. One group we’ll be hearing more from is Communities United for Transportation Equity (COMM.U.T.E!), […]

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