Monday’s Headlines: A Bike Path Only a Car Guy Could Love Edition
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Andrew Cuomo will cut the ribbon on the Mario Cuomo Bridge bike path today. Plus all the other news from the weekend.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about People
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Our Streets!
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At the heart of the protests is a demand for the end of racist policing of public space. Will our leaders stop the carnage?
NYPD Out of MTA: School Safety Agents To Hand Out Masks And Social Distancing Reminders
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Transit advocates welcomed the free masks, but said they would prefer if the city found a way to do the job without any kind of police officer being tasked with it.
SEE IT! Police Beat Up Cyclist During Black Lives Matter Protest
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Why did cops tackle and pummel cyclist Pierce McCaffrey? Apparently, he was cycling too slowly for their taste. And it's all on videotape.
BRUTAL MATH: The NYPD’s $6B Budget Must Be Cut, Advocates and Lawmakers Say
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Activists — and perhaps soon, some politicians — are focusing on cutting the $6-billion NYPD budget by $1 billion, and redistributed in a way that better benefits long-suffering communities and reduces police brutality.
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
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Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — which is illegal.