BREAKING: Cuomo Vetoes Overwhelmingly Popular Bill to Legalize E-Bikes
A terrible blow to workers who are frequently targeted by NYPD officers.
December 26, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Cuomo: Stop Criminalizing Poverty with Your ‘Dangerous’ Subway Cop Plan
Gov. Cuomo's obsession with hiring 500 more unaccountable cops to supposedly crack down on fare evasion is now a national embarrassment.
December 17, 2019
Report Shows Why the Congestion Pricing Fee Must Be Really High
The study does not make specific pricing recommendations, but the highest tolls would provide greater benefits than lower fees.
September 17, 2019
City to State: ‘Distracted Pedestrians’ is Not a Thing
In fact, the opposite it true: only 0.2 percent of pedestrian fatality reports blamed "electronic distraction," according to a new city report that was quietly issued late on Friday.
September 2, 2019
West Side Story: Highway Will Become Safer, Thanks to Advocates, Hoylman
Drivers will be forced to slow down — and yield more to cyclists and pedestrians — as part of a long-overdue (but ultimately incomplete) state plan to make the West Side Highway safer.
August 26, 2019
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED: NYS Is About to Make it Even Easier for Untrained Drivers to Get Licenses
State lawmakers are making it easier for bad drivers to get licenses by allowing student drivers to take a questionable online safety course rather than the previously mandated five-hour, instructor-taught classroom session.
August 23, 2019
CYCLE OF RAGE: Forget Your Vanity Plates, Andrew, And Make Drivers Use These
Cuomo is right that license plates are a symbol — but he's willfully blinded himself to the symbolism embodied by the cars to which they're attached. So I decided to help with my own proposals for more realistic designs.
August 20, 2019
How Many Bad Drivers Are There in New York State? DMV Doesn’t Know — And Doesn’t Seem to Care!
DMV "does not have a way to know which records in our possession might answer the questions you have asked," the agency's Freedom of Information Law and Subpoena Unit told Streetsblog.
August 6, 2019
Have No Fear, Advocates: State E-Bike Bill Will Become Law
The chairman of the State Senate Transportation Committee said he is "confident" that the governor will sign the bill legalizing e-bikes and scooters because his veto will be overridden if he doesn't.
July 16, 2019
Transit Advocates to Cuomo: Don’t Keep Us in the Dark
Dear Governor, can you make sure you fix the MTA right?
June 18, 2019
