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Mamdani: Daylighting Before Death!
The mayor wants the Department of Transportation to add daylighting before someone has been killed rather than wait to ban parking at intersections after a completely avoidable tragedy.
January 5, 2026
Experts Offer Mamdani New Advice About Homelessness, Following Deep Streetsblog investigation
Mayor Mamdani must appoint a "czar" for the hardest-to-reach homeless cases, focus on intervention and simplify the lengthy process to get qualified for housing, a new report says.
January 5, 2026
Mamdani Appoints Pro-Labor Lawyer To Run Worker Protection Agency
"My life's work has been about ensuring that money and power cannot trample the rights and dignity of working people," said the incoming worker's rights commissioner, Sam Levine.
December 23, 2025
Streetsblog’s ‘Car-Free Carolers’ Bring the Joy, Mirth and Ho-Ho-Hope to this Holiday Season
Streetsblog's singers are back, belting out their parody classics to make a serious point: New York's roadways don't have to be dangerous places for kids and lungs, but can be joyous spaces for people to walk around, shop, eat or just ... hang out.
December 18, 2025
Mamdani’s Free Buses Plan Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ in Albany
The fight over free buses could be an early barometer of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Hochul's ability to compromise.
December 16, 2025
Mamdani’s Free Buses Plan Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ in Albany
The fight over free buses could be an early barometer of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Hochul's ability to compromise.
December 16, 2025
Gov. Hochul Vague on Free Bus Plans As Her Open Budget Salvo Nears
Hochul has said she would neither support a plan that would deprive the MTA of a key revenue stream — fares — nor would she raise taxes to make up for the missing swipes.
November 18, 2025
Thursday’s Headlines: Janno’s Speaking Edition
Local news outlets had a field day after Janno Lieber reiterated his skepticism of Zohran Mamdani's free buses plan. Plus more news.
October 30, 2025
Report Provides More Reasons to Rein in Supersized SUVs (As If You Needed More)
"This is a nationwide crisis, but the feds refuse to take the necessary steps to limit vehicle size and weight," Transportation Alternatives says in a new report.
June 23, 2023
Independent Budget Office: Fare-Free Buses Would Cost $652M
The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.
February 23, 2023
