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Opinion: Amtrak Must Restore Adirondack Service Now!
Amtrak cut service during the pandemic, but restoring it has been difficult owing to labor shortages exacerbated by layoffs, retirements and Covid outbreaks among staff.
September 26, 2022
New Bill Would Mandate Speed Governors and Set Limits on Huge SUVs on NY Streets by 2024
August 22, 2022
SETBACK: Parks Dept. Will Dump Bikers onto Dangerous Roads During Greenway Fix
After four months of delay over safety questions, a northern Manhattan project will proceed without many changes.
August 11, 2022
OPINION: Gov. Hochul’s Penn Station Plan is Flawed from a Transit Perspective
Train capacity can be increased without even expanding Penn Station — but the state doesn't seem to care.
July 26, 2022
Drunk Drivers Who Kill Could Be Paying for their Crime for Almost 20 Years
July 8, 2022
Update: Jeep Driver Kills 1-Year-Old on Staten Island and Is Later Charged
A 1-year-old baby is dead after the driver of a Jeep struck him and his mother as they crossed a Staten Island street in the crosswalk on Thursday morning, said cops, who later charged the driver with failure to yield, a minor charge.
May 26, 2022
Anatomy of a Sausage: How a Great Bill Got Gutted in Albany’s Mediocrity Factory
The result, though, is a watered-down bill that shelved tools to rein in reckless drivers that its sponsors Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Deborah Glick said would be transformative.
May 23, 2022
New App Helps Reckless Drivers Thumb Their Noses at City’s Speed Cameras
Even as Albany lawmakers slow-walk the renewal of New York's speed camera system, a new cellphone app is helping reckless drivers avoid the devices entirely.
May 13, 2022
Report: Forget Last Year — The First Quarter of This Year is The Bloodiest Year Since Vision Zero Began
Traffic fatalities are up 44 percent so far this year — the deadliest start to any year since Vision Zero launched in 2014.
April 20, 2022
Opinion: Fake Plates are Hiding in Plain Sight on Facebook, Yet Authorities Do Little
The market has moved to Facebook Marketplace and fellow Meta app Instagram.
April 12, 2022
