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MARCH PARKING MADNESS 2021: Fill in Your Bracket to End the Scourge of NYPD Disrespect

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Is there anything that symbolizes the NYPD's contempt for its neighbors than the sight of aggressive NYPD SUVs and unmarked muscle cars parked perpendicularly on the sidewalk? This month, we fight back.

PARKING MADNESS 2021: Two Central Queens Precincts in a Lopsided Battle

By Streetsblog | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

If there is a command that treats its neighbors with as much contempt as the 110th Precinct, we have yet to encounter it in this city.

A truck crashes into a traffic drum on 43rd Street and Broadway in Manhattan in 2019. As the truck reverses, a child looks on. The next Manhattan district attorney will have a huge role in determining how the city responds to traffic violence.

OPINION: Treat Traffic Violence as an Epidemic

By Tali Farhadian Weinstein | Mar 8, 2021 | No Comments

Manhattan district attorney hopeful Tali Farhadian Weinstein looks to driver-accountability law, technology to curtail reckless drivers.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards (inset) wants more bike lanes.

Donovan Richards: Every Neighborhood In Queens Deserves A Connected Bike Network

By Dave Colon | Mar 5, 2021 | No Comments

Queens Beep Donovan Richards laid out an ambitious, aggressive transportation agenda in his 2021 State of the Borough. Could Queens be changing?

In Wake of Council Hearing, Mayor Now Wants to Expand NYPD Collision Investigations

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

"Yes, we should expand that capacity," the mayor said on Wednesday. Not so fast, said Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

The governor loves cars. Photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Thursday’s Headlines: Andrew Cuomo, Dinosaur Edition

By Eve Kessler | Mar 4, 2021 | No Comments

How the governor could display contrition. And ditch his cars. Plus the headlines.

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