Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

De Blasio Deputy Anthony Shorris Ducks Questions on MTA Funding

By Stephen Miller | Apr 24, 2015 | 8 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s One New York plan, focused on the intersection of income inequality and the environment, doesn’t hesitate to make big recommendations to the MTA, like a new subway line. To pay for those plans, de Blasio will need Governor Cuomo and the state legislature to take action, but the mayor isn’t putting forward his own ideas […]

De Blasio: Everyone in This City Has to Yield to Pedestrians

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2015 | 9 Comments

At the press event today announcing the de Blasio administration update to NYC’s citywide sustainability plan (now called “OneNYC” — more on that soon!), the mayor fielded a question about bus design and whether bus drivers can be expected to spot and avoid striking pedestrians in crosswalks. The unspoken subtext was the Transport Workers Union campaign to carve […]

Will de Blasio and Mark-Viverito Back Effort to Fully Fund Vision Zero?

By Brad Aaron and Ben Fried | Apr 16, 2015 | 7 Comments

City Hall will have to double its commitment to street redesigns that prioritize safety in order to dramatically reduce traffic deaths on NYC’s most dangerous streets in our lifetimes, advocates say. That level of spending could be accomplished with a relatively small shift in resources in the city’s total capital budget. Transportation Alternatives has drafted a […]

Alleged Unlicensed Driver Kills Brooklyn Pedestrian While Fleeing Police

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

@Naparstek @ascottfalk Thanks, we’re on it. — Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 23, 2010 An unlicensed driver fleeing police crashed into another vehicle and killed 21-year-old Dave Jones on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday, raising questions about whether the officers adhered to NYPD policy on vehicular pursuits. Police pulled over 18-year-old Raymond Ramos near Schenectady Avenue […]

De Blasio Defends Right-of-Way Law to Dimwits in Albany [Updated]

By Stephen Miller | Feb 25, 2015 | 33 Comments

Update [February 26]: The quote from the mayor has been updated to include his full response. At a hearing in Albany this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio defended the new city law that enables police to file misdemeanor charges against drivers who injure or kill people with the right of way. He also shed some light on […]

De Blasio: Albany Failing to Meet Its Obligation to NYC Transit Riders

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2015 | 1 Comment

Mayor de Blasio unveiled his preliminary budget proposal this afternoon. In an address outlining the broad strokes of the budget, de Blasio called out Albany for neglecting the MTA and warned that inaction on federal transportation funding could undercut the Vision Zero program. During his address, de Blasio alluded to the failure of state lawmakers […]

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