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Bratton on Reynoso Bike-Yield Bill: NYC Has Done Enough for Cyclists (Post) Will de Blasio Alter Affordable Housing Plan to Appease Parking-Obsessed CBs? (Gotham Gazette) De Blasio Seeks Horse Carriage Compromise; No Mention of Fake Old-Timey Electric Cars (NYT) Avella Backs CityTicket Expansion With Vague Pledge That Albany Would Cover Hit to MTA (News) Motorist Space […]

Riders Alliance: Making the Q70 to LaGuardia Free Would Be Worth It (2AS, News, DNA, Gothamist) Antonio Reynoso’s Bill to Give Cyclists Discretion at Red Lights Makes Too Much Sense for the Post Turning MTA Bus Driver Seriously Injures Man in LES Crosswalk, No Charges (Gothamist) Schumer, Donovan Promise to Restore Full Funding for Big […]

De Blasio Makes the Case for His Housing Plan, Skips the Part About Parking Reform (Politico) Queens CB 3 — A Rare Community Board to Vote for the Housing Plan (QChron) “Sick Passenger” Subway Delays Are Up a Lot Since 2012 (NYT) Cuomo Vetoes Bill Allowing Two Free Transfers Per NYC Transit Fare (Post) Proposed […]

Executive Director Pat Foye Is Leaving the Port Authority (NYT, Crain’s, WSJ) Bronx CBs Put Parking Before Housing; East NY and Inwood Fear Being Priced Out (News, DNA) How Did the Man Who Killed Jean Chambers Possess a Valid NY Driver’s License? (DNA) DA Richard Brown: Homicide Conviction for Driver Who Killed Betty Jean DiBiaso (DNA) 24th Precinct Recommends Fixes […]

MTA Has a Surplus This Year, But Not for Long (AMNY) MTA Losing Growing Chunk of Revenue Because Uber Doesn’t Pay Same Taxes as Cabs (Politico, WSJ) Motorists Killed Two People in Brooklyn Last Night (News, Post) Gin Liu, Delivery Worker Hit by Falling Tree in Red Hook, Has Died (DNA) Slate Chronicles Uber’s Rise in NYC WNYC Reports the Results of […]

De Blasio: NYC Needs Housing, Despite Parking-Obsessed Community Boards (Times Ledger) De Blasio and Other Mayors Ask Congress to Increase Infrastructure Funding (News) NJ Transit Chief Veronique Hakim Will Be New NYC Transit Director (News) Cuomo Wants to Suspend Registrations of Toll Evaders; Deadly Drivers, Carry On (News) Cy Vance Wins Homicide Conviction of Driver Who Killed Jean […]