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HEAR IT! Staten Island Pol Loves to Speed — Then Shrugs Off His Recklessness
Council Member David Carr has 12 speed-camera tickets, one red light ticket and one bus lane infraction since Feb. 2, 2023. But does he care? No.
June 26, 2025
City Will Rein in Speeding Staten Islanders with Hylan Boulevard ‘Road Diet’
This road diet is just what the doctor, or in this case the senator, ordered.
June 16, 2022
A Round and a Roundy: State DOT is Making the Problem Worse
It's another classic from our national treasure cartoonist.
November 3, 2020
Another Lane Coming to Staten Island Expressway to — Again — Try to Solve Congestion ‘Problem’
What's that expression again about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?
October 26, 2020
Trauma Doctors vs. The New York State Senate
Staten Island trauma doctors are calling on the State Senate to renew and expand New York City's speed camera program.
June 14, 2018
State DOT Pulls Transit Bait-and-Switch on Staten Island
One of the more common excuses we've been hearing from local pols during the current MTA crisis is that "service never improves," so why bother to fund transit? Set aside, for the moment, the fact that subways and buses are moving way more New Yorkers than they did just a few years ago. Courtesy of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, here's an interesting case study of service actually getting worse and why it happened.
April 8, 2009
MTA Blame Game: The View from Staten Island
Here's State Senator Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican, explaining why he supports tolls on the East River bridges. For Staten Island drivers looking at a $3 hike in cash tolls to cross the Verrazano (or a $1.32 hike for locals with E-ZPass), the sight of other motorists getting a free pass into Manhattan must be a source of perpetual gall and resentment.
April 6, 2009