OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
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Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
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KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
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A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
Op-Ed: Saving New York After COVID-19
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The city can start building a healthier, more sustainable future by reclaiming streets from cars now. It's not rocket science, Bill de Blasio.
Is Sidewalk Dining to Blame for Dyckman Street’s Traffic Nightmare?
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Mamajuana Cafe. Photo: The Streets Where We Live Last week I took my first cab ride in recent memory, from Midtown home to Inwood. It was Thursday night, and pretty early — around 10:00 — when we exited the West Side Highway onto Riverside Drive and made the left to Dyckman/200th Street. As we passed […]
NYPD Amps Up Street Noise With the “Rumbler”
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As if constant engine noise, gratuitous horn honking, booming stereos and screeching car alarms weren’t enough of a collective imposition on millions of New Yorkers, NYPD is about to escalate the street-level aural arms race with the "Rumbler," a souped-up siren designed primarily to pierce the cocoon of obliviousness enshrouding city motorists. Expected to be […]
Council Targets Roaming Tour Buses, Old School Buses
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Photo: artgyrl/Flickr The City Council will hold hearings on new rules for tour bus operators next Monday. Int. 742 would have companies switch from open-air amplification of tour guides to headphone-based systems in buses with unenclosed upper decks or open windows. Int. 836 would require submission of operating plans, including routes, trip times and frequency, […]