Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Brian Kavanagh

Brian Kavanagh on Albany Congestion Pricing Inaction: “We Need to Do More”

By David Meyer | Apr 5, 2018 | No Comments

State Senator Brian Kavanagh isn't satisfied with Albany's budget measures to address traffic congestion and fund transit, which consist of new fees on taxi and Uber trips in the Manhattan core.

Brian Kavanagh: Congestion Pricing “Should Be Part of the Equation”

By David Meyer | Feb 5, 2018 | No Comments

Both the Brooklyn and Manhattan sides of Kavanagh's State Senate district are overrun by motorists drawn to the promise of a free trip across the East River.

Thanks to Albany and NYPD, Careless Driving Law Will Keep Gathering Dust

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2014 | 4 Comments

For the second year in a row, a bill to bring an end to NYPD’s self-imposed ban on penalizing motorists for careless driving has passed the State Senate, but apparently won’t clear the Assembly. Sponsored by Senator Dan Squadron, the bill would amend the state “vulnerable user” law by explicitly stating that officers may ticket or arrest […]

NYPD Charges 0.7 Percent of Drivers Who Injure and Kill With Careless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2013 | 12 Comments

Three years after Albany established the offense of careless driving, NYPD continues to apply the law in only a tiny fraction of crashes that result in the death or injury of pedestrians and cyclists. There were 152 pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the city in 2012, according to the state Department of Motor Vehicles, and […]

What Might “Brooklyn Bridge Beach” Mean for the East Side Greenway?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 1, 2013 | 8 Comments

This morning, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced that collectively, they had dedicated $7 million in capital funds to build what’s being called Brooklyn Bridge Beach. The aim of the new site beneath the iconic span is to attract New Yorkers to the East River waterfront and blunt the […]

Albany Lawmakers Fail to Advance Bills on Careless Driving, Select Bus Lights

By Brad Aaron | Jul 1, 2013 | 5 Comments

Proponents of safer streets and a stronger MTA fared better than usual in Albany this year, securing speed cameras for NYC and scoring a tentative win on the transit lockbox — which now depends on Governor Cuomo’s signature to protect straphangers from budget raids by state lawmakers, including himself. However, legislators failed to pass bills that […]

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