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The city is moving to make outdoor dining permanent — like this one seen here on Mott Street last year. File photo: Emily Andrews for Rockwell Group

‘Permanent and Year-Round’: Mayor’s Restaurant Plan is a Long-Overdue Shift of Public Space from Cars to People

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

Tens of thousands of parking spaces will be permanently repurposed from free private vehicle storage for use by the city's struggling restaurant owners as part of a revolution in public space unleashed on Friday by Mayor de Blasio.

UPS and DHL cargo bikes in Manhattan. File photo: Dave Colon

EXCLUSIVE: New State Cargo Bike Law Will Unleash a ‘Fricking Awesome’ New Delivery Mode

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

Saving this city from a cruel Atlantis-style fate is a game of inches.

OPINION: BID Leaders Tell Mayor to Open Streets for Retail … Now!

By Jennifer Tausig and Michael Brady | Sep 25, 2020 | No Comments

With the holiday season approaching, merchants must be able to plan, order appropriate inventory and market their goods, or they will close. We need a plan for our local economies now.

Curbside space turned into dining on Mott Street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Progressive Pols: Make Open Streets Permanent — and Extend Them to Retail

By Eve Kessler | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

Scott Stringer and Jessica Ramos team up for more open streets: "There are simply no good reasons why small businesses across the five boroughs could not be afforded the same benefits as our restaurants."

What we get when we subsidize cars: More of them.

OPINION: CityRise Will Step Up for Streets When the Mayor Won’t

By Mark Gorton | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

A civic group seeks quick, practical solutions to the post-COVID "carmegeddon" — and support for struggling retail businesses at the same time.

The Queensboro Bridge, packed with essential workers just trying to get to and from work. File photo: Melodie Bryant

Sunday’s Protest to Demand More Pedestrian Space on the Queensboro Bridge Has Historic Echoes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 24, 2020 | No Comments

Activists will gather at the Queensboro Bridge on Sunday to demand more space for pedestrians, 30 years after a similar band of pedestrian advocates got arrested for doing the same.

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