Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Famed restaurant architect David Rockwell created this idea for outdoor space — showing the Park Slope restaurant Negril — for the New York City Hospitality Alliance. Photo: Rockwell Group

Council Seeks Open Streets for Restaurants, Defying de Blasio (Again!)

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 28, 2020 | No Comments

The City Council today will take up a measure to require the city to create space "throughout the city for outdoor dining amid the COVID-19 pandemic," according to a statement from Speaker Corey Johnson.

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Monday’s Headlines: Memorial to Memorial Day Edition

By Streetsblog | May 25, 2020 | No Comments

Yes, we know you're dying to have a big Memorial Day blowout barbecue, but please don't, because if you do, plenty of people will be dying before your Labor Day blowout barbecue. Plus, the rest of the weekend's news.

Here's the open street on Parkside Avenue near Ocean Avenue — run by city workers. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Leave Out Neighborhoods That Need It Most

By Julianne Cuba | May 21, 2020 | No Comments

A map created by the Trust for Public Land reinforces the inequitable distribution of open streets so far.

Is this just a few days away from reality?

The ‘Al Fresco Economy’: Restaurants Want to Start NYC’s Revival — All They Need is Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2020 | No Comments

"This could be the best block party in the history of New York, but if we don't get this right in the next three months, there will be a complete collapse of the tax base of the city," says a restaurant industry leader.

A Round and a Roundy: The Real Plague is MTA Cruelty

By Streetsblog | May 11, 2020 | No Comments

Gov. Cuomo and the MTA said they were closing the subways between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. because the trains needed to be disinfected — but our cartoonist knows better.

People started wearing masks early in Flushing. Photo: World-Journal

STOPPING COVID-19: Asian-Americans Were Way Ahead of City, State Leaders

By Peter Senzamici | May 4, 2020 | No Comments

With memories of SARS still fresh, Asian-Americans responded fast to COVID-19. And that saved lives.

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