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Christopher Alvarez
Christopher Alvarez is a Columbia University graduate and bilingual freelance journalist based in New York City. His work has appeared in The City, NBC Latino, New York Times, the Queens Daily Eagle and Able News.
March 12, 2026
Max White
Max White worked at The Post and Courier, South Carolina’s biggest newspaper, for two years before moving to New York. He loves urbanism, sports and movies. He joins Streetsblog as a winter associate in the Class of 2026.
February 24, 2026
James Rath
James Rath is the executive director of Capital Streets, the Capital Region’s advocacy organization pushing for safer, more livable streets and a connected multimodal transportation network. Rath has worked as an urban planner in the public and private sectors on urban transportation, land use and downtown revitalization, with a focus on multimodal streetscape design.
February 22, 2026
Jeff Wood
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
February 12, 2026
Julia Salazar
State Sen. Julia Salazar represents state Senate District 18, which includes Bushwick, Cypress Hills, East New York and parts of Ridgewood & Williamsburg.
January 26, 2026
Steven Raga
Assembly Member Steven Raga represents Woodside, Elmhurst, East Elmhurst, Maspeth and Jackson Heights.
January 26, 2026
Naomi Hersson-Ringskog
Naomi Hersson-Ringskog is an urban planner and president of The Fullerton, an organization focused on downtown revitalization in Newburgh.
January 26, 2026
Carson Carter
Carson Carter is an urbanist, preservationist and a broker, specializing in historic buildings. He is president of the Newburgh Preservation Association and a commissioner for the Newburgh Architectural Review Commission, each focused on the protection and restoration of Newburgh’s remarkable historic cityscape.
January 26, 2026
Richard Robbins
Richard Robbins, a small business owner, cyclist, pedestrian, and car-owner, has been advocating for safe streets for decades, focusing on data-based decision-making.
December 19, 2025
Sasha Bonkowsky
Sasha Bonkowsky is a communications specialist for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and writes about political science and science-fiction books in her spare time. She lives in Manhattan.
December 19, 2025
