Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Peter Vallone

To Reform NYPD Crash Investigations, There’s a Lot More Work to Do

By Stephen Miller | Sep 30, 2013 | 11 Comments

This morning, the City Council’s transportation and public safety committees held a joint oversight hearing of NYPD’s crash investigation policies. It was the first time committee chairs James Vacca and Peter Vallone had put police brass on the spot since February 2012, when a joint oversight hearing unearthed new information about NYPD’s lackluster crash investigations. […]

New Astoria Mega-Developments: In the Floodplain, Far From the Train

By Stephen Miller | Jun 6, 2013 | 37 Comments

Development plans for a stretch of the Queens waterfront would add new retail and more than 4,300 new residences a mile and a half from the nearest subway station. So far, the only transportation plan for these new residents consists of more than 2,300 parking spaces and suggestions for expanded bus and ferry service. Unless the […]

One Year and 280+ Deaths Later, No Council Progress on NYPD Crash Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2013 | 7 Comments

It was a year ago today that the City Council transportation committee, led by James Vacca and Peter Vallone Jr., convened a hearing on pedestrian and cyclist safety and the failure of NYPD to properly investigate traffic crashes. “Driving in our city is a privilege, not a right,” said Vacca, to a room packed with […]

Peter Vallone Jr. and Michael DenDekker to City: Gimme Gimme Gimme

By Brad Aaron | Oct 12, 2012 | 30 Comments

It’s hard to say what’s most off-putting about the campaign by Peter Vallone Jr. and Michael DenDekker to grant free parking to motorcyclists — including themselves — in New York City. There is of course the brazen and unapologetic conflict of interest in introducing legislation for one’s personal benefit. Then there’s the fact that no […]

Astoria Community Board Votes Against Plaza, Will Get Curb Extensions

By Stephen Miller | Sep 13, 2012 | 23 Comments

DOT went before Queens Community Board 1 on Tuesday to propose a pedestrian plaza at the intersection of 30th Avenue, 33rd Street and Newtown Avenue. The audience at the meeting was split on the proposal, but CB members were not: They voted against the plaza 25 to 7. Since the board rejected the plaza, which would have […]

Based on Limited Feedback, Vallone Opposes Astoria Pedestrian Plaza

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2012 | 12 Comments

City Council Member Peter Vallone, Jr. opposes a proposal to create a new pedestrian plaza in public space-starved Astoria. The plaza is one of the options on the table for a dangerous intersection that NYC DOT has targeted for safety imporovements. The irregular intersection of 33rd Street, 30th Avenue and Newtown Avenue has long been […]

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