Wednesday Headlines: Car Free Day Edition

Yesterday was World Car Free Day. If you found yourself behind the wheel, let us hope you were able to offset it with a brisk walk or a refreshing bike ride.

Elsewhere in The Empire State:

• The U.N. General Assembly is bringing its annual fleet of motorcades and rolling street closures to Midtown this week, with the city warning that traffic historically crawls at less than 4 mph during the event and urging New Yorkers to take transit instead. (The New York Times)
• A pro-Bruce Blakeman super PAC sent a convoy of moving trucks to City Hall and Gov. Hochul’s office, turning the candidate’s message about New Yorkers leaving the state into a literal moving-day stunt. (The New York Post)
• DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle New York City wage-law violations, with $115 million going to roughly 260,000 delivery workers who were underpaid or paid late. (Gothamist)
• The MTA wants transit workers to show up for more of their scheduled shifts and pay more toward health insurance as part of its contract negotiations with TWU Local 100, while the union says the agency should look elsewhere for savings. (amNewYork)
• An 18-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured after being struck by a truck on Route 209 in Deerpark Saturday night, with State Police saying she was stable but suffered extensive injuries and would require surgery. (Mid-Hudson News)
• The Milan Town Board voted to temporarily ban Flock Safety cameras and other surveillance technology on town property, making it the first municipality in Dutchess County to take such action. (The Daily Catch)
• Capital Streets’ executive director James Rath says Capital Region municipalities need to put more emphasis on pedestrian infrastructure, speeding and public input, arguing that relatively inexpensive projects can make streets safer without waiting for major capital investments. (WAMC)
• The feds have officially redesignated I-481 as I-81 around Syracuse and the existing I-81 through the city as Business Loop 81, clearing another hurdle for the eventual replacement of the downtown viaduct with a street-level community grid. (Syracuse.com)
• Onondaga County lawmakers from both parties agree the Sheriff’s Office needs new patrol cars, though the debate is over how many vehicles to buy and how to fit them into the county budget. (Syracuse.com)
• A new advocacy group backed by Waymo is launching a campaign to persuade New York lawmakers to legalize self-driving cars, which currently cannot operate on the state’s roads without a human driver. (State of Politics)