Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Scott Stringer

Mayor de Blasio and then-NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office

BRUTAL MATH: The NYPD’s $6B Budget Must Be Cut, Advocates and Lawmakers Say

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

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.

There's plenty of space for pedestrians to socially distance — if the city would repurpose more roadways from car drivers to walkers. Photo: Adam Foreman

Comptroller: Reduce Speed Limits, Cars To Help Frontline Workers

By Dave Colon | Mar 26, 2020 | No Comments

Stringer said major changes are necessary because "over 10 percent of frontline workers commuted to work via bike or foot" even before the pandemic.

This is file art. Today, there will only be two lanes in each direction on the BQE. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Scott Stringer Says $11B BQE Tunnel Plan Doesn’t Move City Past Robert Moses Era

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 28, 2020 | No Comments

The comptroller doesn't like the current (and fancy) plans to fix the highway for two reasons: there'd still be too many cars, and poorer neighborhoods won't benefit.

Does this section of the BQE "need" to be replaced — or is that just what car-culture-blinded politicians think they're supposed to do? Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Forgetting Something? Engineers Hired For BQE Advice Didn’t Study Reducing Car Use

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

You get what you pay for: The engineering firm hired by the Council wasn't asked to consider car-reduction strategies, which is why the firm didn't present any.

Comptroller Scott Stringer — wants to be mayor. File photo: Scott Heins

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Interview: Would-Be Mayor Scott Stringer Loves Busways, Hates Placards, and Wants an Affordable City

By Jessie Singer/Transportation Alternatives | Jan 17, 2020 | No Comments

The city's green-eyeshades guy (and would-be mayor) spoke to TransAlt's Jesse Singer about what shakes (including the BQE).

Brooklyn Heights Group Wants to Break the Car Culture, Nix Lanes on Rebuilt BQE

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

"We’ve seen the concept of induced demand in a lot of other cities and we’re hoping the planners take [a reduction in lanes] seriously here,” the group's executive director said.

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