Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Domenic Recchia

Vacca Looks to Squeeze $ From Bikes, But Won’t Touch the Price of Parking

By Stephen Miller | May 9, 2013 | 20 Comments

The headline from today’s City Council transportation committee oversight hearing was Janette Sadik-Khan’s announcement that the official launch date for Citi Bike is Memorial Day. Meanwhile, for Transportation Committee Chair James Vacca, it was another occasion to flail at bikes and defend cheap parking under the guise of holding a budget hearing. Sadik-Khan kicked off the hearing […]

Domenic Recchia: There’s a Place For Bike Lanes, But I’m Not Telling Where

By Noah Kazis | Apr 27, 2011 | 11 Comments

“I’m not against bike lanes,” City Council Member Domenic Recchia told the New York Times after forcing DOT to scrap plans for a four-mile painted bike lane along Bay Ridge Parkway two weeks ago. “I believe there’s a place for them.” I’d like to believe Recchia. After all, there are currently no on-street bike lanes […]

Express F Rally Today, with Council Members

By Brad Aaron | Jun 28, 2007 | 2 Comments

From the Streetsblog tipline: Council Members Bill de Blasio (D-Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Kensington), Simcha Felder (D-Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park), and Domenic Recchia (D-Coney Island, Gravesend, Bensonhurst) will stand with community activists and representatives of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Transportation Alternatives on Thursday, June 28, 2007, to rally in support of the restoration […]