Council Member Margaret Chin on Her Fight Alongside Delivery Workers
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Where the NYPD sees a traffic safety threat, this council member sees a fight for basic decency.
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Delivery Workers Say de Blasio’s Proposed E-Bike Rules Won’t Help Them
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The de Blasio administration wants to clarify language permitting pedal-assist e-bikes, which most delivery workers don't use.
Hundreds of Delivery Workers Rally Against de Blasio’s E-Bike Crackdown
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More than 200 people, including many delivery workers, took to the steps of City Hall this morning to call on Mayor de Blasio to nix a police crackdown on electric bicycles planned to begin next month.
TA Celebrates Manhattan’s New Bike Lanes With Local Electeds
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Advocates won some hard-fought battles for safer bike infrastructure this year, and on Sunday they celebrated with a ride on Manhattan's newest protected bike lanes, starting at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge and ending at Amsterdam Avenue and West 105th Street, thanking supporters along the way.
Unlicensed Dump Truck Driver Kills Senior Near Bowery and Canal
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On Friday afternoon, a dump truck driver with a suspended license struck and killed 83-year-old Ka Chor Yau, who was crossing a deadly intersection at the base of the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown. The same intersection is due to receive pedestrian safety improvements this summer. The driver, 24-year-old Maykel Felix-Tejada of Paterson, New Jersey, was arrested for aggravated unlicensed operation, the […]
13 State and City Elected Officials Sign On to Move NY Toll Reform
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The trickle of elected officials endorsing toll reform is starting to become more of a steady stream, and a look at who belongs to the coalition suggests that the politics of the Move NY plan are indeed different than the politics of congestion pricing. More than a dozen state and city elected officials announced today that they […]