Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

An email from de Blasio to his aides and DOE officials after the press caught wind of the mayor’s teacher placard deal, blacked out by City Hall.

City Hall Redacts de Blasio Correspondence About Teacher Placard Giveaway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 9, 2018 | 16 Comments

What led Mayor de Blasio to reissue tens of thousands of parking permits to Department of Education employees? City Hall isn't telling us the whole story.

Corey Johnson on WNYC today. Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council via Flickr

Corey Johnson Unequivocally Backs Congestion Pricing, Further Isolating de Blasio

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2018 | 9 Comments

The new City Council speaker gave Governor Cuomo more political leeway to push for a comprehensive plan to reduce traffic and boost transit funding.

Pedestrian fatalities have fallen 45 percent in the four years since Mayor de Blasio took office. Image: NYC Mayor's Office/NYC DOT

NYC Pedestrian Deaths Fell Significantly in 2017, Bucking National Trends

By David Meyer | Jan 8, 2018 | 24 Comments

The sustained reduction in fatalities should bolster the political case for moving forward with bolder street designs more rapidly.

From left: U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat, City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez, Mayor de Blasio, presumed Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg inspect a metal bollard at Times Square. Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office

De Blasio: Bollards Will Replace Janky Midtown Security Theater

By David Meyer | Jan 2, 2018 | 4 Comments

The mayor said the city will install more than 1,500 metal bollards to protect pedestrians at key locations beginning in March.

On a frigid January morning, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg celebrated the first official day of a car-free Prospect Park. Photo: David Meyer

Prospect Park Is Officially Car-Free Forever

By David Meyer | Jan 2, 2018 | 9 Comments

As of this morning, Prospect Park is officially and permanently car-free, the culmination of 50 years of advocacy.

De Blasio told reporters from Gothamist and DNAinfo he was unaware of Marty Golden's placard abuse. Image: NYC Mayor's Office

Bill de Blasio and the Narcissism of the Windshield Perspective

By Ben Fried | Dec 20, 2017 | 23 Comments

Other New Yorkers have to lose time with their families because their bus home moves at walking speed. It's a different city than the one the mayor experiences, ferried from place to place by police escort, conducting business in the backseat of an SUV.

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