Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

A new NYPD unit will be dedicated to enforcement of parking placard abuse. Image: NYC Mayor's Office

De Blasio Promises “Crackdown” on Parking Placard Abuse

By David Meyer | May 24, 2017 | 20 Comments

Mayor de Blasio announced plans today to "crack down" on rampant parking placard abuse, one week after his administration granted tens of thousands of new placards to school employees.

Yesterday’s Times Square Toll Was Terrible — But So Is a Typical Day of NYC Traffic Violence

By Brad Aaron and Ben Fried | May 19, 2017 | 11 Comments

Given the high-profile location, the number of victims, and recent instances of people using vehicles to kill for ideology, it's understandable that yesterday's crash drew so much attention. But it's important to recognize that as terrible as the Times Square carnage was for a single incident, the same human toll occurs on a daily basis on NYC streets -- it's just dispersed across the city.

Attorney Jodi Morales of the Bronx Defenders said that every day she sees people "being criminalized because they didn't have the fare to get on the train." Photo: David Meyer

Criminal Justice Advocates Call on de Blasio to Provide Discount Fares for Poor New Yorkers

By David Meyer | May 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

Criminal justice advocates gathered outside City Hall this morning to call on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount transit fares for poor New Yorkers.

When people can park anywhere with impunity, they will drive more and usurp space where parking is not allowed, like this block that's supposed to be a car-free play street. Photo: Doug Gordon

The High Cost of Giving Away More Parking Placards

By Charles Komanoff | May 17, 2017 | 22 Comments

The decision last week to grant tens of thousands of new parking placards to teachers and other school personnel is classic Bill de Blasio: a freebie that’s not really free.

Mayor de Blasio and UFT President Michael Mulgrew. Photo: Rob Bennett/Office of the Mayor

De Blasio’s Defense of Teacher Parking Perks Ignores Everything We Know About Placards

By Brad Aaron | May 16, 2017 | 13 Comments

Mayor de Blasio doesn't see a problem with issuing tens of thousands of new parking placards to teachers and other school workers. His assertion runs contrary to years of documented evidence and the daily observations that pile up on Twitter -- a city placard is a license to park anywhere without fear of getting a ticket.

This is the last thing we want to see. Video still: ABC7

Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct

By Brad Aaron | May 15, 2017 | 6 Comments

Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.

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