Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Corey Johnson

This scene, from Oakland, may become the norm in New York, thanks to an announcement by Mayor de Blasio. Photo: City of Oakland

City Council’s ‘Open Streets’ Bill Doesn’t Say Much — But It Doesn’t Have To

By Dave Colon | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments

The City Council bill that could force the de Blasio administration to open 75 miles of streets to pedestrians and cyclists doesn't say much, but still packs a punch. Here's a preview of Friday's hearing.

Can't we just get this? Photo: NYC DOT/Flickr

Advocates and Corey Johnson To Mayor: Here Are The Streets To Close to Cars

By Dave Colon | Mar 23, 2020 | No Comments

Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York are going way further than the mayor will go (obvs).

Council Member Mark Treyger. Photo courtesy of NYC Council, John McCarten

Brooklyn Pol: NYPD Must Include Traffic Crashes In Crime Data

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 13, 2020 | No Comments

Council Member Mark Treyger wants New York’s Finest to include traffic crashes its world-renowned crime data portal known as CompStat so that crashes are treated with equal seriousness by the NYPD.

This is file art. Today, there will only be two lanes in each direction on the BQE. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Scott Stringer Says $11B BQE Tunnel Plan Doesn’t Move City Past Robert Moses Era

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

The comptroller doesn't like the current (and fancy) plans to fix the highway for two reasons: there'd still be too many cars, and poorer neighborhoods won't benefit.

Does this section of the BQE "need" to be replaced — or is that just what car-culture-blinded politicians think they're supposed to do? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Forgetting Something? Engineers Hired For BQE Advice Didn’t Study Reducing Car Use

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

You get what you pay for: The engineering firm hired by the Council wasn't asked to consider car-reduction strategies, which is why the firm didn't present any.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson, surrounded by Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill residents who support covering over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to benefit their neighborhoods, said he'd love to tear down the roadway, if there is a "responsible" plan to do so. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Corey Johnson Would Consider BQE Teardown — If Someone Presents It

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

Council Speaker Corey Johnson dismissed simply tearing down the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — but only, he told Streetsblog on Tuesday, because no one has put forward a "responsible" plan for doing it.

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