Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Antonio Reynoso

Antonio Reynoso: DOT Should Forge Ahead With Myrtle-Wyckoff Plaza

By David Meyer | Jun 21, 2016 | 2 Comments

Council Member Antonio Reynoso wants DOT to move forward with its safety plan at the busy Myrtle-Wyckoff transit hub, with or without the endorsement of the local community board. Last Wednesday, Brooklyn Community 4 voted against DOT’s plan, which would dramatically reduce potential conflicts between drivers and pedestrians and create a car-free plaza on one block of Wyckoff Avenue between Myrtle and […]

Antonio Reynoso: Let’s Talk About Bike Laws That Make Sense for NYC Streets

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2015 | 94 Comments

Get one thing straight: Council Member Antonio Reynoso doesn’t want to allow bicyclists to blow through red lights. What Reynoso does want are traffic laws that acknowledge the considerable differences between cars and bikes, and set expectations accordingly. In a resolution Reynoso will introduce this afternoon, which got some withering coverage in the Post, the North Brooklyn […]

City Council Regresses on Street Safety, Weighs Fines for Cyclists

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2015 | 29 Comments

Less than a year ago, the City Council overwhelmingly passed a raft of bills designed to protect New Yorkers from reckless driving. Was it the beginning of a new era, where street safety is taken seriously by city legislators, or was it a fluke? The council could go either way, based on a transportation committee hearing today […]

Electeds Want MTA Onboard With Vision Zero After Latest Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Mar 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

Electeds and advocates called for changes at the MTA and for Mayor de Blasio to focus street safety resources on northern Brooklyn after another pedestrian was killed by a bus driver this weekend. Marisol Martinez, 21, was crossing Union Avenue at Meeker Street in Williamsburg with two other people at around 1:25 a.m. Saturday when […]

Restricting Housing Near Transit Won’t Make NYC More Affordable

By Stephen Miller | Feb 3, 2014 | 31 Comments

Weeks into his first term on the City Council, Antonio Reynoso is beginning to negotiate the tricky politics of housing and development in the neighborhoods he represents. So far, it’s tough to decipher whether his office will support the construction of walkable, transit-accessible housing that New York needs in order to keep the cost of […]