Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chinatown

Gerson on Grand Street Safety: Never Mind the Facts

By Ben Fried | Aug 21, 2009 | 19 Comments

City Council member Alan Gerson didn’t have much new to say at his sidewalk protest of the Grand Street bike lane. But a handful of reporters and a few cyclists pressed him to defend the idea that projects designed to improve street safety should be subject to greater City Council review. Gerson’s assertion of "dangerous […]

Lunch Break Fun: Gerson Leads Protest of “Dangerous” Grand St. Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Aug 21, 2009 | 28 Comments

Non-motorized New Yorkers negotiate the hair-raising Grand Street sidewalk and bike lane. Photo: Ben Fried. Anyone heading over to Chinatown for lunch? If not, and you work in Manhattan, you might want to change your plans. This rally, promoted by Council Member Alan Gerson, promises to be a can’t-miss event: Rally to Protest Dangerous Conditions […]

District 1 Council Candidates: Safer Streets? Less Traffic? No Thanks.

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2009 | 9 Comments

Reader Ian Dutton sends this dispatch from last night’s candidate debate for the District 1 City Council seat representing Lower Manhattan, organized by the Downtown Express and the Villager. If you’re a District 1 resident who values safer streets and a well-funded transit system, tough luck. Last night at the Council District 1 candidates debate, […]

Squadron: Red Light Cams Needed at Dangerous Intersections

By Ben Fried | Apr 17, 2009 | 24 Comments

Dan Squadron at yesterday’s press event. Earlier this month Albany approved the expansion of New York City’s red light camera program. Media coverage tends not to play up the benefits of automated enforcement, so it was refreshing to see State Senator Dan Squadron, who represents Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, put the emphasis squarely […]

Talking Traffic Justice With Leslie Crocker Snyder

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2009 | 17 Comments

With Manhattan's 89-year-old District Attorney Robert Morgenthau finally stepping down, this year's campaign to succeed him is a great opportunity to make sure the next DA is committed to doing a better job of protecting New Yorkers from reckless and negligent drivers. Streetsblog met with Manhattan District Attorney candidate Leslie Crocker Snyder to learn more about where she stands when it comes to traffic justice.

Victims’ Families to Morgenthau: Prosecute Driver for Deadly Negligence

By Ben Fried | Mar 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

On the morning of January 22, Diego Martinez and Hayley Ng were walking with their preschool class on East Broadway when an unattended delivery van jumped the curb in reverse and killed them. The three-ton vehicle had been left double-parked and idling by its operator before it backed onto the sidewalk with deadly force. To […]

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