Take the NYC Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey

Citizens for NYC, whose mission is to stimulate and support self-help and civic action to improve the quality of life in New York City neighborhoods, invites you to participate in their new Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey

This is your chance to report on your neighborhood’s air quality, capacity for open spaces, its facilities for bicycling and walking, and many other quality of life issues. Citizens for NYC will use the survey results to develop a better understanding of the priorities of New York’s neighborhoods, and guide the organization’s activities to create stronger, healthier neighborhoods.

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Noise: NYC’s Top Neighborhood Quality of Life Problem

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Today’s New York Post reports: Street noise is so out of control that frustrated and sleep-weary New Yorkers cite it as the Big Apple’s No. 1 problem, a new survey has found. This, according to a survey by former Congressman Peter Kostmayer’s organization, Citizens for New York. Kostmayer said that if half the drivers who […]

Congestion Pricing: Benefits for Queens

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What does Congestion Pricing mean for western Queens? Transportation Alternatives and the Citizens Committee for NYC are hosting a panel discussion on the transit, health and quality of life benefits of Congestion Pricing for Long Island City, Sunnyside and Woodside. Transportation Consultant Bruce Schaller will present his new study, "Congestion Pricing for New York: Benefits […]

Rahm Emanuel Refuses to Say He’s “Not Against Bike Lanes”

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Okay. We can be envious now. We noted a little while back that in setting out to make Chicago the nation’s most bike-friendly city, Rahm Emanuel was setting a tone not heard before from a big-city mayor. Indications are that cyclists aren’t tolerated in Emanuel’s Chicago, but wanted. Here’s an excerpt from an Emanuel statement […]

Movie Screening: Rezoning Harlem

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REZONING HARLEM follows longtime members of the Harlem community as they fight a 2008 rezoning that threatens to erase the history and culture of their legendary neighborhood and replace it with luxury housing, offices, and big-box retail. A shocking expose of how a group of ordinary citizens, who are passionate about the future of one […]