Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Iris Weinshall

Contrary to Statement on WNYC, Gibson Dunn Now Claims Weinshall as Client

By Ben Fried | Sep 28, 2011 | 26 Comments

Yesterday we found out that the well-connected opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are refusing to accept the decision from Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan rejecting their lawsuit. A caveat to the journalists who might pick up the remnants of this story: Quotes from the opponents’ attorney, Gibson Dunn partner Jim Walden, […]

Victory for Safe Streets: Judge Rejects Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Aug 17, 2011 | 26 Comments

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan dismissed the lawsuit seeking to reverse the redesign of Prospect Park West yesterday, putting an end to a protracted, ugly chapter in the annals of NYC street safety improvements. The lawsuit, brought this March by a group of politically-connected opponents who failed to participate in the years of public […]

CUNY Refuses to Disclose Weinshall Emails About PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jul 11, 2011 | 50 Comments

Earlier this year, Streetsblog filed a set of freedom of information requests in our attempt to reveal the political maneuvering behind the campaign to get rid of the Prospect Park West bike lane. Since then we’ve received voluminous responses from the offices of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Council Member James Vacca, which […]

For Nearly Two Years, Ex-NYC DOT Chief Has Undercut the Signature Street Safety and Sustainable Transportation Agenda of Her Successor

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jun 21, 2011 | 16 Comments

Tomorrow, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan is expected to weigh in for the first time on the core arguments brought by opponents of the Prospect Park West redesign against the City of New York. Ostensibly, the dispute is between the anti-bike lane groups known as “Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes” (NBBL) and “Seniors for […]

Ten Things NBBL Doesn’t Want You to Know

By Ben Fried | Apr 26, 2011 | 26 Comments

If opponents of an effective street safety project repeat dishonest distortions about it often enough, does that make their position true? Apparently, the Daily News editorial board thinks so. An opinion piece they published over the weekend on the Prospect Park West bike lane might as well have come straight from the desk of Gibson […]

Help Streetsblog Tell the Political Story Behind the Prospect Park West Fight

By Ben Fried | Mar 30, 2011 | 34 Comments

Thanks to some rescheduling, we’ve got nearly two months until the first court hearing on the Prospect Park West lawsuit. Flimsy as the plaintiffs’ case may be, they now have a long time to run their smear campaign against DOT and the neighborhood advocates who put in years of organizing to make this street safer. […]

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