Julianne Cuba
Email Julianne Cuba at julianne@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Pols and Advocates to Mayor: Put More Money Into the Streets Master Plan
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There's impatience in the air.
Battery Park City Residents Don’t Want South End Avenue Safety Redesign
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Safety and cycling — what could be worse for a neighborhood that will be one of the first to be submerged if the world doesn't arrest climate change?
Eyes on the Street: Welcome to Blissville, Queens
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Blissville? More like Abyss-Ville.
Cops Who Rammed Squad Cars into Protesters Should be Charged, Says Oversight Agency
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The cops who used their squad cars as deadly weapons to plow into a crowd of protesters during the Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020 should face disciplinary charges, the Civilian Complaint Review Board has declared.
![Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers has racked up a lot of speeding tickets on her gray Nissan. [Editor's note: We have diffused the Council member's plate because her office said that showing the plate "puts her and her family at risk."] Photos: Julianne Cuba (main); Gersh Kuntzman (inset)](https://old.nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/selvena-brooks-powers-car-with-SBP-diffused-plate2.jpg?w=312)
EXCLUSIVE: Council’s Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year
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Do as I say, not as I do.
CLUELESS: New Department of Investigation Boss Isn’t Sure if Placard Abuse is a Thing (It Is)
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At a hearing, DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber told Council members that overseeing the NYPD's failure to enforce of placard abuse wasn't yet on the agency's to-do list, despite a 2019 law requiring such oversight.
City DOT Still Mum on Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Busway
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The busway is still dead in the water, even as bus speeds sink back to pre-pandemic levels and as busways in other boroughs are proving successful.
Long Island City Getting Some Protected Bike Lanes
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Redesigns are coming to three dangerous corridors, crucial connectors to the Pulaski and Queensboro bridges.
Lower-Income New Yorkers Set Livable Communities Agenda for Adams
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The poorest New Yorkers are telling Mayor Adams that affordable housing, not more police, is a key public safety issue.
Report: 88 Percent of Drivers Arrested for Not Having a License Last Year Were People of Color
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And every single person arrested for "loitering" last year was Black. "It’s called serving the public," says NYPD spokesman John Miller.
Three-Quarters of Licensed Drivers Used a Mobile Device While Driving, New Survey Finds
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Thank goodness April is "Distracted Driving Month."
Jackson Heights Pol to Mayor Adams: Fix de Blasio’s Travers Park Failure
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The Adams Administration should force Koeppel Mazda to retreat from a street that should be fully pedestrianized for the benefit of the community, not a few cars, said Council Member Shekar Krishnan.