The City Council will close the gap of leadership exhibited by the de Blasio administration on making permanent the open streets program — mandating more open streets, allowing for their conversion into 24-7 car-free zones and ensuring that they are equitably distributed.
It's been a terrible week for open streets, with a volunteer being attacked by a car owner, open streets equipment being vandalized, opponents circulating petitions ... and a mayor who remains silent.
Injuries caused by city employees behind the wheel of their taxpayer-funded government cars cost the city close to $150 million in settlements last year — 33 percent more than they did just one year earlier, a new report shows.