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Andrew Cuomo Is Living His Dream of Building a Useless AirTrain Link to LGA (AMNY) Instead of Airport Transit, How About Investing Port Authority Funds in Freight Rail (MTR) City Hall Makes Its Case for Mega-Development Over Sunnyside Yard (Crain’s, TL, Politico, News, DNA) State Senate Passes Statewide Uber Bill (WSJ) Brooklyn CB 6: Cut Truck Traffic By Bringing Back Two-Way Tolling […]

How Much Does Motor Vehicle Registration Fraud Cost New York? (Crain’s) These Queens Voters Are Paying Closer Attention to Albany (Voice) Port Authority Has Better Ways to Spend $1.7B Than a PATH Extension to Newark Airport (MTR) RPA: During the L Shutdown, Let’s Show the Full Potential of NYC Streets (Crain’s) Constantinides: Steinway Street Needs a Town […]

Will the BQX Pay for Itself? Not Likely (Voice) De Blasio Plans to Rezone 50 Blocks in Long Island City for New Housing (DNA) Cuomo’s Javits Center Vanity Project Is Already 50 Percent Over-Budget (DNA) More Coverage of TLC Vote to Improve App-Hail Data Collection: Post, AMNY Victim in Fatal Off-Duty Cop Crash Was Also a Cop (Post 1, […]

NY1 Wraps Parking Grievance Trilogy by Acknowledging 14M Annual Bike-Share Trips On Eve of TLC Vote, Tish James Sides With Uber Against Data Collection Reforms (CBS) JSK: Complete App-Hail Trip Data Crucial to NYC Transportation Planning (News) Drivers Say #DeleteUber Has Led to a Sharp Drop in Business (Post) Did Conductor Cuomo See His Shadow? (AMNY) NY and […]

Second Avenue Subway Is Lightening the Load on the Lexington Avenue Line (NYT) Here’s NY1 on the Injustice of Replacing Parking With Housing; Bike Snob Dismantles Bikelash Piece De Blasio Stands With NYPD in Hiding Cops’ Disciplinary Records (NYT) Pat Lynch-Approved NYPD Contract Will Put Cameras on Some Officers (NYT, DNA) De Blasio Budget Includes Funds to Armor Up Police Cruisers (AMNY) […]

Cuomo Taps Ronnie Hakim as Interim MTA Chief (AMNY, Post, NY1, WSJ) 85-Year-Old Driver Jumps Curb in Brighton Beach, Killing 67-Year-Old Woman (News, Post) Marcia Kramer Called NY1 — She Wants Her Bikelash Script Back Will the #DeleteUber Movement Jam Statewide Ride-Hailing Legislation? (Politico) City Islanders Petition MTA for Better Service on the Bx29 (BxTimes) There […]