Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about John Liu

Mayor Adams in Albany on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

ALBANY NOTEBOOK: Mayor Treks Upstate, But Speed Cameras are Still at Risk of Expiring

By Julianne Cuba | May 18, 2022 | No Comments

Mayor Adams made another trip up to Albany on Tuesday, but barely, if at all, pushed legislators to support a bill that would renew and expand speed cameras — a self-proclaimed priority of his own administration.

Mayor Bill de Blasio in January. Photo: Ed Reed / Mayor's Office

Mayor Voices ‘Concern’ Over Insurance Rules that Hurt City Residents Injured by Uber, Lyft

By Jesse Coburn | Sep 2, 2021 | No Comments

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday expressed "concern" about a disparity in insurance requirements for Uber and Lyft taxis that shortchanges the city's crash victims, promising to review the issue further. His comments followed a Streetsblog investigation into the issue.

Damn, you're telling me scenes like this have almost bankrupted the MTA? Photo: Kate Hinds

State Senators Admit They Don’t Understand The MTA’s Enormous Deficit

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2020 | No Comments

Legislators, including State Senator John Liu, displayed a stunning lack of insight into where the MTA's money comes from and the long-term financial state of the hobbled transit agency.

State Senator John Liu was bloodied in a bike crash on Northern Boulevard after hitting a huge piece of debris on a dark path. Photo: John Liu

Bloodied State Senator: I Will Not Stop Biking … But It Needs to be Safer

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 31, 2019 | No Comments

State Senator John Liu is bloodied — but unbowed.

It's more likely that drivers are distracted than pedestrians, frankly. Photo: Washington University in St. Louis

City to State: ‘Distracted Pedestrians’ is Not a Thing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 2, 2019 | 11 Comments

In fact, the opposite it true: only 0.2 percent of pedestrian fatality reports blamed "electronic distraction," according to a new city report that was quietly issued late on Friday.

If roads were designed for people instead of for cars, the issue of "distracted pedestrians" would not even exist. Photo: Duncan Harris

Whew! Sen. John Liu’s Bill to Criminalize Walking Is Likely DOA

By Julianne Cuba | May 20, 2019 | 38 Comments

An upstate lawmaker appears ready to stop a bill that no real New Yorker would ever have introduced — Queens Senator John Liu's absurd bill to empower the NYPD to write tickets to "distracted" pedestrians.

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