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Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers says she wants to hold Mayor Adams accountable.

Council Wants Answers from Adams Administration on Road Violence Epidemic

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 27, 2023 | No Comments

The City Council's Transportation Committee has scheduled a long-overdue hearing to determine if Mayor Adams is honoring his pledge to "take seriously" the ongoing road violence epidemic — and it's demanding that Adams administration officials show up to testify.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

SAFETY LAST: DOT Under Fire to Finish Ninth Street Redesign after Sixth Fatality in 18 Years

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 12, 2023 | No Comments

The city is once again under fire for a death on a roadway that it failed to redesign for safety.

Council Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers had a mixed record in 2022, according to Council data (inset). Main photo: Gersh Kuntzman

ANALYSIS: Council’s Transportation Committee Has Little to Show in First Year

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 11, 2023 | No Comments

The City Council's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure lagged behind nearly every other committee when it comes to passing legislation and holding hearings on bills in 2022 — revealing a decline in accountability and productivity compared to previous leadership, advocates and data indicate. Here's a deep analysis.

Mayor Adams (with a laughing Council Member Marjorie Velázquez and other council members on February 6, 2022. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

Mayor Adams: Keep DOT in Charge of Open Restaurants

By Kevin Duggan | Oct 20, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams is pushing the City Council to keep the Department of Transportation in charge of outdoor dining, rather than move it to the much smaller Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, a move that advocates fear would sabotage the popular al-fresco "streeteries."

‘A NIMBY City Hall’: Adams Appointees Thwart Key Bike and Bus Projects

By Jesse Coburn | Oct 17, 2022 | No Comments

As the city seeks to redesign its streets to better serve transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists, interference is emerging from an unlikely place: City Hall itself. And one division of City Hall in particular.

Who doesn't want to eat outdoors in the winter?

Winter of Our Discontent: Council Debating Warm-Weather-Only Outdoor Dining

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 30, 2022 | No Comments

"What are we, a resort town now?" asked one Brooklyn restaurant owner.

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