… And Give Queens Residents More Room To Breathe and Stroll
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As COVID-19 hits hard in crowded neighborhoods, the mayor's plan to open pedestrian streets must be much bolder.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Jackson Heights
Queens Pedestrian is Backed Over and Killed by Driver Who is Not Charged
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A driver backing out of his driveway ran over and killed one of his neighbors on a Queens street on Saturday, yet was not charged even for the basic negligence.
Jackson Heights Assembly Candidate Unveils Plan to Transform Deadly Northern Boulevard
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Jessica González-Rojas, blasted veteran Assembly Member Michael DenDekker as a do-nothing pol who has failed to stop the carnage on the highway-like roadway where seven have died in three years.
Op-Ed: MTA’s Queens Bus Redesign is Not Good for Jackson Heights
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I had high hopes for the Queens bus redesign. I was very disappointed.
Cars Get Police Protection at Rally for Full Travers Park Plan
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Hundreds of Jackson Heights residents, and scores of children, angrily protested the continued use of 78th Street by a politically-connected car dealership that has halted plans for a long-promised block-long greenspace between 34th Avenue and deadly Northern Boulevard.
SEE IT! Hundreds Rally to Keep Cars Out of Travers Park in Jackson Heights
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It's a dangerous, combustible situation. Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. covered Saturday's rally and filed this film report.