Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Mayor Adams (white shirt) was in Puerto Rico on Monday with (far left) DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.

Tuesday’s Headlines: Mayoral Mercy Mission Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 27, 2022 | No Comments

As New Yorkers, we appreciate that our mayor headed to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to help. We're just not sure why his entourage included so many political people with no obvious expertise. Plus other news.

Across DOT, current and recently departed employees described similar problems: staffing deficits leaving remaining employees stretched thin, making it harder to meet agency benchmarks or postponing projects entirely, which hurts morale, which causes more employees to leave. Graphic: Streetsblog

‘Just Keeping the Lights On’: Low Morale, High Staff Vacancy Rate Hobble Department of Transportation

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 22, 2022 | No Comments

The upper ranks of the city Department of Transportation have been depleted by an exodus of high-skilled employees this year, reflecting mounting frustration among some staff members and making it harder for the agency to fulfill its mission.

We could have cameras on school bus stop arms — but Mayor Adams doesn't want them. Photo: The Streetsblog Graphics Desk

As School Returns, Mayor Adams Keeps a Street Safety Tool in the Drawer

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 7, 2022 | No Comments

Why not implement a school bus safety program that was championed by the guy who is now running the Department of Transportation?

Council Member Carlina Rivera (podium) rallies supporters of the Greenways Master Plan bill before a hearing on the bill on Tuesday. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT ‘Welcomes’ Council Bill to Build and Maintain City Greenways

By Dave Colon | Jun 28, 2022 | No Comments

No fuss, no fight, more greenways. Apparently.

NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez outside an Upper Manhattan senior center on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Amid Senior Pedestrian Death Crisis, City Rolls Out Small Safety Initiative

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 15, 2022 | No Comments

With more than 40,000 intersections across the city, it will take centuries to hit them at all.

Mayor Adams in Albany on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

ALBANY NOTEBOOK: Mayor Treks Upstate, But Speed Cameras are Still at Risk of Expiring

By Julianne Cuba | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams made another trip up to Albany on Tuesday, but barely, if at all, pushed legislators to support a bill that would renew and expand speed cameras — a self-proclaimed priority of his own administration.

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