Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chuck Schumer

Can You Believe a Few People Are Still Suing to Rip Out This Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2016 | 16 Comments

It was just about five years ago that attorneys with the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, working pro bono on behalf of some people with ties to Senator Chuck Schumer, filed suit against the city for installing the Prospect Park West bike lane. In August 2011, Kings County Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan dismissed […]

Flashback Friday: 2002 Brooklyn Greenway Ride With Schumer and de Blasio

By Ben Fried | Aug 30, 2013 | 10 Comments

In the final installment of this summer’s “Flashback Friday” series, featuring musty digital footage from the Streetfilms vault, we present these clips from the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s 2002 bike tour of the waterfront near downtown Brooklyn. If you’re like me, you might find yourself rewatching this video artifact a few times over the long weekend. A […]

The NBBL Files: Chuck Schumer “Doesn’t Like the Bike Lane”

By Noah Kazis | Dec 20, 2012 | 20 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 third installment from the six-part NBBL Files. This piece originally ran on October 5, 2011. This is […]

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Will New Infrastructure Funding Survive the Demise of Obama’s Jobs Bill?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 13, 2011 | No Comments

Tuesday night, the Senate blocked a vote on the president’s jobs plan. As had been forecast, Republicans voted unanimously against the plan, and they weren’t alone: Two Democrats joined them – Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Now it’s on to Plan B, which involves breaking up the bill into pieces […]

Mica Transportation Bill Would Devastate New York Transit

By Noah Kazis | Jul 8, 2011 | 5 Comments

Rep. John Mica’s proposed transportation bill would take a machete to federal transportation spending, cutting overall transportation funding by a third and entirely eliminating dedicated funds for pedestrian and bike infrastructure. In New York, the effects would be especially dire. Statewide, the total cuts would inch up to 37 percent, according to calculations by the […]

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