Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Everyone is struggling to get by these days, including your local street meat slinger. Photo: Flickr/Tony Fischer

Street Vendors Call on Elected Officials to Provide Benefits for These Frontline Workers

By Dave Colon | Mar 18, 2020 | No Comments

The largely immigrant community of street vendors isn't eligible for sick leave, unemployment insurance or small business loans, the group added.

City To Open Drive-Through Testing Sites — But What About Those Without A Car?

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 18, 2020 | No Comments

The city announced plans to roll out drive-through coronavirus testing centers at five locations across the city, but offered no plan for those without access to a private vehicle.

A Round and a Roundy: This is Why You Close the Bars

By Streetsblog | Mar 16, 2020 | No Comments

Our editorial cartoonist is a legendary fan of bars — and a Brooklynite. So if he is urging social distancing, you better listen.

Mayor de Blasio as he signed the state of emergency declaration on Thursday. Photo: Mayor's office

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Friday’s Headlines: End of Days Edition

By Streetsblog | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments

It's officially a state (well, more accurately, a city) of emergency. Plus all the other news.

The new Sheridan Boulevard. Courtesy: Gov. Cuomo's office

Gov. Cuomo Celebrates New Sheridan Boulevard, But Advocates Still Wary

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 12, 2019 | No Comments

The former Sheridan Expressway is now a less-highway-like fast roadway akin to West Street in Manhattan, which was built on the site of the former West Side Highway.

City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 21, 2019 | No Comments

The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.

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