Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NIMBYs

Trolley Terror! Meet the Original Prospect Park West NIMBYs

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2013 | 12 Comments

Norm Steisel, Louise Hainline, Iris Weinshall, and their anti-bike “Better Bike Lane” comrades aren’t the first well-to-do, politically connected bunch to wage war against a new configuration for Prospect Park West. According to a fascinating Curbed piece from the Weekly Nabe’s Keith Williams, another powerful NIMBY cadre once sought to undermine a nascent progressive transportation […]

Businessman Who Protested 1st Ave Safety Fixes: It’s the 9-Year-Old’s Fault

By Brad Aaron | Mar 1, 2013 | 39 Comments

NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance are reportedly targeting a crossing guard for her supposed role in the death of 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba, who was killed by a truck driver in East Harlem Thursday morning. Meanwhile, a local businessman and community board member who waged a campaign against pedestrian refuges and protected bike lanes […]

Union Square Skateboarder Was Killed on Rejected Pedestrian Plaza Space

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2012 | 39 Comments

The crash that killed a skateboarder near Union Square yesterday occurred on a block that DOT intended to use as a part-time pedestrian plaza until the agency capitulated to neighborhood NIMBYs. At around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, the 24-year-old victim, whose name had not been released as of this morning, was run over by the driver […]