Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill de Blasio

NYPD: Bus Driver Who Ran Woman Over Did Nothing Wrong

By Brad Aaron | Jan 28, 2013 | 9 Comments

The bus driver who ran over and killed a woman in Canarsie last Friday broke no laws, according to NYPD. Lorraine Ferguson was crossing at Avenue K and 105th Street at approximately 7:15 a.m. when the driver, operating a private bus carrying disabled adults, struck her while turning left. Michael Ferguson, the victim’s husband, witnessed […]

The NBBL Files: PPW Foes Pursued Connections to Reverse Public Process

By Noah Kazis | Dec 20, 2012 | 17 Comments

Editor’s note: With yesterday’s appellate ruling prolonging the Prospect Park West case, Streetsblog is running a refresher on the how the well-connected gang of bike lane opponents waged their assault against a popular and effective street safety project. This is the fifth installment from the six-part NBBL Files. This piece originally ran on November 10, 2011. This is […]

Will New Yorkers Elect Our Own Rob Ford in 2013?

By Ben Fried | Aug 22, 2012 | 26 Comments

As the 2013 mayoral race gradually shudders to life, the city New Yorkers should look to as a cautionary tale is Toronto. It was in Jane Jacobs’ adopted home town that a progressive mayor, David Miller, laid plans to prioritize pedestrian safety, surface transit, and bicycling, only to see his successor Rob Ford assume office, […]

Mayoral Contenders Talk Transit, Part 2: Bill de Blasio

By Streetsblog | May 22, 2012 | 3 Comments

Election Day is more than a year away, but the race to become the next mayor of New York City is well-underway. In the last two issues of its magazine, Reclaim, Transportation Alternatives has been asking the would-be mayors for their thoughts on transit (in the more recent interviews, one question about cycling was added). […]

On Progressive Transportation, Bill de Blasio Has Some Catching Up to Do

By Ben Fried | Jul 18, 2011 | 14 Comments

Tomorrow evening, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio will deliver the keynote address at the Transportation Alternatives summer benefit. When de Blasio’s name was announced as a headliner, it was somewhat surprising. As a City Council member, he was an early backer of making Prospect Park car-free. But as a citywide office holder and presumed 2013 […]

Kelly Absolves Officers in Fatal Harlem Chase; De Blasio Shows Interest

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2010 | 4 Comments

Sister Mary Celine Graham died for $23 and a Blackberry. That’s what armed thieves are said to have stolen from a young Columbia alum prior to being pulled over by police in Central Harlem, and before one of them sped south on Lenox Avenue in the minivan that soon hit another vehicle and spun into […]

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