Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Uptown Electeds Ask Cuomo to Dedicate State Funds to Safer Streets

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A group of uptown elected officials, including City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, sent a letter today to Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to include dedicated funds for bicycle and pedestrian projects in his executive budget [PDF]. The request echoes a call from street safety advocates and comes as the de Blasio administration must marshal resources […]

First Up for Ydanis Rodriguez: Override of NYPD Hit-and-Run Data Veto

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Today’s transportation committee meeting, the first chaired by Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, was short and sweet. The new chair opened with a statement outlining his goals for the 13-member committee, which minutes later unanimously passed an override of Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of a bill that would give the council more information about NYPD’s hit-and-run investigations. […]

Meet Your New Transportation and Land Use Committee Chairs

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It’s official: Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez is chair of the transportation committee, and Council Member David Greenfield will head up the powerful land use committee. While Rodriguez’s appointment has been greeted mostly with optimism by street safety advocates, Greenfield’s ascendance raises flags about whether the city will be able to get much-needed parking reforms through […]

Is Ydanis Rodriguez the Right Transpo Chair for Vision Zero?

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Politicker is reporting that Upper Manhattan Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez has the inside track on securing the transportation committee chairmanship, which multiple sources have corroborated with Streetsblog. While the final decision won’t be announced until next week, sources say that council leadership will finalize the choice sooner than that, perhaps as early as today. The […]