Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space
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As the city opens streets for restaurants, we must ensure that businesses' interests do not crowd out public needs.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space
Op-Ed: Making Black Lives Matter in Street Safety
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Our racial-equity lens must foster real policies that can be regularly evaluated and measured.
State Pol: Let’s Legalize Drinking in Public
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"The illegality of public drinking is stupid," Assembly Member Robert Carroll says.
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Legalize Public Drinking for All New Yorkers
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Those with fair skin in affluent ZIP codes will continue to drink with their friends in the streets, while minorities will be subject to arbitrary harassment and summonses for doing the same. This needs to stop.
A Round and a Roundy: ‘Whose Streets? Cops’ Streets!’
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Our editorial cartoonist weighs in on how the NYPD has stolen public space.
Mayor Reveals ‘Open Restaurants’ Plan — And Industry is Pleased
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A bubbly Mayor de Blasio announced a major, and streamlined, open streets for restaurants plan that, he says, will save 5,000 eateries and their 45,000 employees.