Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Michael Bloomberg

As Bloomberg Touts Traffic Safety, Ray Kelly Says “Accidents” Happen

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2013 | 20 Comments

In a moment that crystallized the schizophrenic traffic safety policies of the Bloomberg administration, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly revealed completely different philosophies concerning New York City’s streets while speaking at two different conferences this morning. Bloomberg, at the International Downtown Association annual meeting, spoke about the safety gains, economic benefits, and […]

NYC’s First Speed Cameras Will Go Into Effect When Kids Head Back to School

By Ben Fried | Aug 26, 2013 | 79 Comments

Mayor Bloomberg joined Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and NYPD Chief of Transportation James Tuller outside a Crown Heights high school this morning to announce the impending launch of the city’s first automated speed enforcement program. Cameras issuing fines for drivers who exceed the speed limit by 10 mph or more will begin operating on September […]

Don’t Ask Seth Pinsky About NYCEDC Parking Development

By Brad Aaron | Aug 15, 2013 | 9 Comments

“The worst thing we could do is create projects that create a parking need and then not provide that parking.” That was Seth Pinsky, former head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, in 2010. True to that philosophy, during his tenure NYCEDC incentivized and financed suburban-style parking in development projects in neighborhoods across the city, […]

NYC’s Top Parking Subsidizer, Seth Pinsky, Moves On

By Brad Aaron | Jul 16, 2013 | 3 Comments

Seth Pinsky, whose legacy as head of the New York City Economic Development Corporation will be years of parking-induced traffic in city neighborhoods, with taxpayers footing the bill, is headed to the private sector. The news came this morning, via announcements from City Hall and RXR Realty, which hired Pinsky. During Pinsky’s five-year tenure, NYCEDC incentivized […]

Bloomberg’s Resiliency Plan Calls for Permanent Bus, Ferry Expansion

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2013 | 32 Comments

Yesterday afternoon, Mayor Bloomberg unveiled a resiliency plan to better prepare New York for flooding due to climate change and severe storms. The report’s team, put together in the wake of Hurricane Sandy and led by Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky, used the administration’s PlaNYC 2030 sustainability plan as the foundation for a sweeping […]

Ariel Russo, 4, Killed by Unlicensed Teen and NYPD Pursuit Protocol

By Brad Aaron | Jun 5, 2013 | 71 Comments

The driver who allegedly struck and killed 4-year-old Ariel Russo and injured her grandmother during a police chase on the Upper West Side Tuesday morning has been charged with manslaughter. But if authorities and the media place 100 percent of the blame on a kid who tried taking the family car to school, a conviction […]

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