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Streetsblog Empire State

Before joining Streetsblog, Sophia Isabel Lebowitz was a filmmaker and journalist covering transportation and culture in New York City.

Sophia Lebowitz

Astoria

Reckless: The 114 Precinct is an Island of High-Speed Chases In Queens 

Lisa Daglian is the executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA, the MTA’s in-house rider advocate and watchdog.

Lisa Daglian

Government Organizations

Happy Birthday, Subway! Challenges and Opportunities as the System Turns 120

Gersh Kuntzman is editor in chief of Streetsblog NYC and Streetsblog USA. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is <a href="https://nyc.streetsblog.org/category/special-features/cycle-of-rage">archived here</a>.

Gersh Kuntzman

congestion pricing

Cycle of Rage: To Hochul, Saving Lives is Important, But Not if It’s Too Expensive to Suburban Drivers

Dave Colon is a reporter from Long Beach, a barrier island off of the coast of Long Island that you can bike to from the city. It’s a real nice ride.  He’s previously been the editor of Brokelyn, a reporter at Gothamist, a freelance reporter and delivered freshly baked bread by bike.

Dave Colon

MTA Can’t Borrow Its Way Out Of Hochul’s Capital Plan Gaps: Comptroller

Samuel Santaella is a bike and transit activist in Queens who volunteers for Riders Alliance and Transportation Alternatives.

Samuel Santaella

Congestion Pricing

OPINION: Any Money Hochul Finds to ‘Replace’ Congestion Pricing Should Fund Fares and Frequency

Derailed? Gov. Hochul May Rip Up MTA Capital Plan

DENIED: Hochul Fails in Bid to Toss Pro-Congestion Pricing Suits Out of Court

Automated Enforcement

Totaled Jerk: Reckless Driver Swerves Around School Bus, Crashes in Queens

Boondoggles

Highway Boondoggle: State DOT Already Planning Another Piece of Cross Bronx Expansion Project

Hochul’s Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Tanked Her Polling, Hurt the MTA and Did Zilch for Democrats

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