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Tell State DOT Hunts Point Doesn’t Need Another Highway Blocking Access to the Bronx River
The public has until Wednesday, October 18, to tell the New York State Department of Transportation to alter a plan for new Bruckner Expressway ramps that would cut Hunts Point off from the Bronx River.
October 16, 2017
People Are Dying Because Cuomo’s Leaderless DMV Is Failing to Regulate Dangerous Motorists
The New York State DMV, which has been without a commissioner for years, is refusing to answer questions about this week's deadly Queens bus crash.
September 20, 2017
State Lawmakers Are Failing at MTA Oversight
In 2016, neither the Assembly nor the State Senate held a single oversight hearing about the decline of NYC transit service.
September 19, 2017
Behold Denny Farrell’s $24 Million Greenway Bridge
In New York, who knows if you'll ever get usable greenways or reliable transit. The one thing that's certain is you'll get to use edifices named after your local political barons.
September 14, 2017
Drivers Out of Control Near Your Local School? Thank Simcha Felder and Senate Republicans
The streets around NYC schools would be safer this year if not for State Senate Republicans and Simcha Felder, who rejected legislation to double the number of school zones where Albany allows the city to place speed enforcement cameras.
September 7, 2017
Forget Upstate Legislators — Why Don’t NYC Democrats in Albany Advocate for Better Transit?
New York City's own contingent in the state legislature is the bigger stumbling block to better transit.
August 30, 2017
Cuomo Cares More About the New Tappan Zee Bridge Than NYC Subways and Buses
The governor has spent most of his time in office consumed with building a huge double-span highway bridge, while New York's transit system slides into catastrophic disarray.
August 24, 2017
So Far Cuomo’s Congestion Pricing “Plan” Is All Sizzle, No Steak
It's not congestion pricing if it doesn't toll the East River bridges. There are a number of impostor policies that Cuomo could try to pass off as "congestion pricing" instead.
August 21, 2017
Let’s Hear More About All the Money Cuomo Wastes on Not Fixing the Subways
De Blasio's proposal for a millionaires tax to fund transit may or may not win him some short-term political points, but it's definitely muddling the message that voters need to hear: Governor Cuomo runs the subways and should pay for fixing them.
August 7, 2017
De Blasio Should Drive a Hard Bargain With Cuomo on Transit, Not Cede to All His Demands
If you think transit riders would be well-served by de Blasio meekly going along with Cuomo's demands, look at what happened the last time the two struck a bargain on transit.
July 26, 2017
