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Tuesday’s Headlines: No Comment Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 20, 2022 | No Comments

A 9-year-old boy was killed on Friday as he walked on a sidewalk in Sheepshead Bay by a driver. It was all over the news (and on our site, too). On Monday, we asked City Hall if the mayor would like to comment. [Insert cricket sounds here.] Plus other news.

Mayor Adams taking a sledgehammer to an abandoned outdoor dining shed. Photo: Mayor's Office

Mayor Razes Abandoned Outdoor Dining Structures; Advocates Want That Space for People, Not Cars

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Lots of swagger, but not much of a plan.

Mayor Adams in a city vehicle on Thursday, testing new technology that prevents speeding. Photo: Julianne Cuba

City is Slowly Rolling Out New Tech to Stop Gov’t Workers from Speeding

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 12, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams announces a way to get drivers of city-owned cars to slow down. But the pilot program will start in just 50 cars — 0.2 percent of the fleet.

Mayor Adams crosses Flatbush Avenue with New York City Transit President Richard Davey (left) and DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

NYC Transit Boss: Sure, We Want 1,000 Miles of Bus Lanes, But We Love Working with ‘Bus Mayor’ Adams

By Streetsblog | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

We asked the New York City Transit President to drop the diplomacy and tell us what he really feels about the Adams administration's bus efforts so far. Here's what he said (no, he did not drop the diplomacy).

This rat has met the enemy — and it is us.

OH, RATS! Experts Say Outdoor Dining is Not to Blame for the City’s Rodent Problem

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 8, 2022 | No Comments

Critics of outdoor dining need to stop rat-cheting up the rhetoric on dining areas, experts say.

The 181st Street busway — with the man who cut it by two hours a day. File photo: Dave Colon

Mayor Defends Busway Cuts, Citing ‘Community Concerns’ — Despite Improvements for Riders

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 2, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams said he listened to the "community" when he decided to reduce the hours of two busways — but the community he's citing clearly aren't the bus riders whose lives he promised to improve just two months ago.

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