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Queens Council Member and Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers speaks during the rally to demand $3.1 billion funding for the Street Master Plan back in April. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates to Mayor: Put More Money Into the Streets Master Plan

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 22, 2022 | No Comments

There's impatience in the air.

Some of our "favorite" photos of trash on the sidewalks. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Thursday’s Headlines: Trash Talk Edition

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

Garbage, garbage everywhere — but we can hope for more bins. Plus other news.

Mayor Adams pointed to the new trash enclosures installed by the Times Square Alliance under the Clean Curbs program at press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Mayor's Office

City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?

Each yellow sign bore the name of one of the 1,800 victims of road violence since Mayor de Blasio took office. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Report: Forget Last Year — The First Quarter of This Year is The Bloodiest Year Since Vision Zero Began

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 20, 2022 | No Comments

Traffic fatalities are up 44 percent so far this year — the deadliest start to any year since Vision Zero launched in 2014.

Welcome to Blissville, Queens. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Eyes on the Street: Welcome to Blissville, Queens

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 18, 2022 | No Comments

Blissville? More like Abyss-Ville.

Thursdays Headlines: ‘We Got Him!’ Edition

By Eve Kessler | Apr 14, 2022 | No Comments

One good collar doesn't mean we need more cops in the subway. Plus other news.

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