Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Mark Levine

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine is all riled up to end archaic parking minimums. Photo: David Meyer

Friday’s Headlines: ‘Parking Mandates Got To Go!’ Edition

By David Meyer | Mar 24, 2023 | No Comments

New York City is on the verge of a massive missed opportunity if it doesn't reform its parking requirements for new residential developments this year, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine warned on Thursday. Plus other news.

Third Avenue as it is now (but not for long, if the city really builds the design in the inset image). Photo: Google (and DOT)

Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 18, 2022 | No Comments

Hey, DOT — 2010 called and it wants its street redesign back.

Assembly Member Robert Carroll (left), Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (center) and State Senator Andrew Gounardes (right) at a rally for congestion pricing on Thursday. Photo: Dave Colon

Everyone’s Suddenly Open To Some Congestion Pricing Exemptions

By Dave Colon | Aug 26, 2022 | No Comments

According to the recently-released environmental assessment, the more wholesale exemptions or upstream toll credits that are doled out to certain classes of drivers, the more everyone else will shell out. But "no exemption" hardliners are hard to find right now.

This won't be the Upper East Side, the MTA says.

Mythbuster: Congestion Pricing Study Shows Neighborhoods Won’t Be Flooded With Desperate Parkers

By Dave Colon | Aug 18, 2022 | No Comments

Time to park this fear in the dustbin of history.

Crowded conditions on the Hudson River Greenway — and the need to get the U.S. off of cars — is part of the reason why Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine (inset) wants the state to remove a lane from West Street.

SEE IT! Manhattan BP to State: Take a Lane from Drivers on the West Side Highway

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 1, 2022 | No Comments

It worked on the Brooklyn Bridge...

Dozens of people rallied in 2019 outside a building on Central Park West in support of a protected bike lane. Such activism antagonized car-owners on Manhattan CB7, who later moved against street-safety activists on the board. Photo: Jim Burke

Streetsblog Gets Action: Manhattan Community Board Retreats on Gag Rule

By Eve Kessler | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 7 has abandoned its bid to muzzle members with ties to a prominent street-safety organization, a move undertaken after Streetsblog exposed the effort to change the panel's bylaws.

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