Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
Recent Posts
Tomorrow: DOT Unveils Plan For Better Jackson Heights Streets
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NYC DOT’s Jackson Heights Transportation Study already has some of the snazziest online resources of any department project, but to get the full scoop on the changes due for the neighborhood, head over to one of the two public meetings being held tomorrow. DOT says that the plan, developed at the request of neighborhood groups, […]
Stringer Explains His “Philosophy of Public Engagement” on Street Designs
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Since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has promised to take his approach to street redesigns, first put into place by the Columbus Avenue working group, borough-wide, Streetsblog decided to check in with him to see just what this process would look like. The details are still being worked out. Stringer wasn’t yet sure, for example, […]
Parking Minimums Make NYC Housing More Expensive, NYU Report Finds
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You don’t need Jimmy McMillan to tell you that housing in New York is expensive. But figuring out why the rent is so damn high, and what to do about it, is a knotty policy question. Thanks to new research from NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, one underlying reason for the […]
Cyclist Struck at Seventh Avenue and 28th Street
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The driver of a motor vehicle hit and injured a cyclist at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 28th Street in Manhattan at 1:56 this afternoon, according to the NYPD. The cyclist was taken to Bellevue Hospital. The police didn’t have any additional information about the crash at this time. We’ll post more information as […]
Shady Dealings Drive EDC Subsidies for Moisha’s Supermarket Parking Lot
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Wondering why the city is subsidizing 18,000 square feet of parking for a project that’s supposed to make fresh food more accessible to low-income New Yorkers? Political favors seem to have something to do with it. Moisha’s Discount Supermarket is receiving $2 million in tax incentives to expand its operations and build parking for 45 […]
Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan
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This morning, the Bloomberg Administration announced the developer for the first phase of Hunter’s Point South, a Long Island City project the city is billing as the largest middle-class housing project since Co-Op City and Starrett City went up in the 1970s. A team led by the Related Companies will be developing the first 900 […]
Stringer Holds Up Columbus Ave Bike Lane Tweaks as Model for Government
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Could Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer parlay his approach to adjusting street redesigns into a successful mayoral bid? In his State of the Borough speech last night — which was widely interpreted as a preview of his 2013 pitch — Stringer held up his work on Columbus Avenue as a prime example of the “new […]
CrashStat 3.0 Will Build a Better Danger Map to Empower Safety Activists
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CrashStat, the interactive map of cyclist and pedestrian injuries and fatalities, is one of the most important tools for New Yorkers who want to make their streets safer. Nothing else lets you quickly access the safety stats for your community or visualize the injury rates at specific intersections and streets. Transportation Alternatives is now looking […]
NY Counties Oppose Complete Streets Bill Without Understanding It
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Last year’s legislative session in Albany included a number of victories for supporters of smart growth and safer streets, including the passage of the Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy Act, Hayley and Diego’s Law, and bus lane camera enforcement for New York City. But the complete streets bill, which was passed by the State Senate […]
EDC-Backed Supermarket to Build More Space for Parking Than Groceries
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Thanks to New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, the residents of Midwood are about to enjoy a wider selection of produce and kosher foods. Under the FRESH program, Moisha’s Discount Supermarket is slated to receive just under $2 million in tax breaks to double its size and provide more grocery options to the underserved community […]
269 People Killed in NYC Traffic Crashes Last Year
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According to DOT data, 269 people died in traffic crashes on the streets of New York City last year, 11 more than in 2009. While that total shows New York City’s streets to be the safest of any major American city and less deadly than a generation ago, as Mayor Bloomberg said when announcing the […]
Upper West Side Leaders Calmly Study, Tweak Columbus Ave Lane
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The Upper West Side is offering the city a lesson in what a mature and constructive response to bike lane growing pains looks like. While the new protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue received community support throughout the process, once installed many local businesses along the corridor began to complain that the design was making […]