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Looking down the highway-like 10th Avenue. File photo: Dave Colon

DOT Unveils Long-Awaited 10th Ave. Bike Lane; Locals Say Plan Doesn’t Go Far Enough

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 21, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 4 Transportation committee unanimously voted in favor of the proposal, but the panel pushed DOT to go further and add more physical barriers to shield cyclists and walkers from cars.

Too many sidewalks look like this. File Photo

Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments

By Eve Kessler | Oct 3, 2022 | No Comments

Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.

Hell's Kitchen Council Member wants MTA to make good on its promise to build a 7 train station on 10th Avenue and 41st Street. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Pols and Advocates: Build the Promised 7 Train Station in Hells Kitchen

By Julianne Cuba | Aug 10, 2022 | No Comments

Nearly 20 years later, pols and advocates say it’s time to finally make good on what was promised.

Noise is an existential threat. Graphic: Streetsblog Art History and Montage desks

Pols Want City Crackdown on Car Noise, But Health Department is Silent

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2022 | No Comments

It's a noisy city, but the silence from the city Department of Health is particularly defeaning.

CLUELESS: New Department of Investigation Boss Isn’t Sure if Placard Abuse is a Thing (It Is)

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 12, 2022 | No Comments

At a hearing, DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber told Council members that overseeing the NYPD's failure to enforce of placard abuse wasn't yet on the agency's to-do list, despite a 2019 law requiring such oversight.

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