Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Daniel Dromm

Cars get protection during a 2019 rally on 78th Street to demand the city make good on its promise to fully pedestrianize the block. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Jackson Heights Pol to Mayor Adams: Fix de Blasio’s Travers Park Failure

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 29, 2022 | No Comments

The Adams Administration should force Koeppel Mazda to retreat from a street that should be fully pedestrianized for the benefit of the community, not a few cars, said Council Member Shekar Krishnan.

The open dining street on Vanderbilt Avenue. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Dozens of Outdoor Dining Piazzas to Add Weekday Hours as Mayor Hints Open Streets Will Return Next Year

By Julianne Cuba and Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

“Restaurants deserve every chance they can get to serve more customers this fall," Mayor de Blasio said.

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea looming over his boss in a file photo.

Advocates, Pols to Mayor: Defund the NYPD Now

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 1, 2020 | No Comments

"If police budgets bought peace, the $6 billion NYPD budget would’ve bought the most sophisticated de-escalatory operation in the world," Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Monday. "Clearly, it didn't."

Citi Bike in Harlem. Photo: Twitter/@YoungDoz

Mayor Has No Citi Bike Expansion Plan Despite Tweet Offering Citi Bike Expansion

By Dave Colon | Apr 19, 2020 | No Comments

It turns out that a promise on Twitter is an empty promise.

Hundreds rallied in 2019 for the city to make good on its promise to close all of 78th Street in Jackson Heights to car traffic. A car dealership on the block has gotten around that pledge. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Council Member Dromm to DOT Commish: Build Full Travers Park or Betray Vision Zero

By Julianne Cuba and David Meyer | May 11, 2019 | 9 Comments

Jackson Heights Council Member Daniel Dromm unleashed hell on Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg on Friday because of the de Blasio administration’s apparent capitulation to a politically connected car-dealership.

An overflow crowd came out on Monday night to plan a strategy for getting the city to make good on its promise to turn 78th Street in Jackson Heights into a park. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

City Officials Were a No-Show At Monday Night’s Massive Jackson Heights Town Hall

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 16, 2019 | 9 Comments

The plan was to remove cars from a single block. Then a car dealership demanded some of the public space. Now city officials aren't talking.

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