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It Took About a Half-Hour for de Blasio to Officially Dispense With Malliotakis (NYT, Politico) Eugene, Brannan, Chin, and Ulrich Retain Council Seats (NYT); Crowley Out? (TL) BP, Public Advocate, Comptroller Incumbents Win Easily (Gotham Gazette) Con-Con No (NYT, Politico); Dems for Westchester and Nassau Exec, Suffolk DA (NYT 1, 2; Politico) Democrat Phil Murphy […]

It’s Election Day and Polls Are Open Until 9 p.m. (Politico) Justin Davidson on de Blasio’s Mediocre Streets and Transit Record (NY Mag) Private Carting Driver Kills Man in Bronx; NYPD Says Victim Tried to Jump on the Truck (News) 19-Year-Old Driver Crashes Car on Richmond Ave, Killing Himself and 17-Year-Old Passenger (News) NYPD Detective […]

State and City Need to Fix Clumsy Greenway Barriers Pronto (AMNY, News, WNYC) Pick-Up Truck Driver Kills Margherita Palumbo, 68, on Jewett Avenue; No Charges (News) Van Driver Fractures Skull of NYPD Detective Crossing Richmond Avenue; No Charges (News, Post) Brooklyn DA Charges Man With Murder for Driving Drunk and Killing Passenger (TL) Bike Lanes Were […]

Cuomo’s Broken Subway Left Riders in the Lurch Again Yesterday (Post) Are Officials Finally Serious About Protecting NYC’s Car-Free Spaces? (News, Politico) If So They’ve Got to Do Better Than This (NYT, News) Gelinas: City Has to Rationalize Scattershot Approach to Separating Cars From People (CJ) News: Intransigent de Blasio Is the Outlier on Congestion Pricing Parking […]

People Are Dying Because City and State Won’t Shield Car-Free Spaces (NYT, NY Mag, AMNY, WNYC) Malliotakis Endorses Enhanced Protection Measures; De Blasio Defers to NYPD (NYT, Politico) Majority of Council Members Support Ydanis Bill to Require Bollards (Gothamist) It’s Not Immutable That “Anybody” Can “Get Behind the Wheel of Any Vehicle” (Post) The Times Profiles […]

Greenway Motor Vehicle Attack: 8 Dead, 11 Injured (NYT 1, 2, 3; Gothamist; DNA; News) Killer Was a Professional Driver Who Once Drove a Cab (WNYC) 2 Attacks This Year and de Blasio and Cuomo Aren’t Talking About Fortifying Car-Free Spaces (AMNY) Cuomo Gave Himself Permission to Spend MTA Funds With No Oversight (Post) Governor and […]