Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Selvena Brooks-Powers

Mayor Eric Adams is all-in on free buses, but needs to get more red paint on the ground.

DOT May (May?!) Fund the Streets Master Plan For This Year, But Advocates Want More

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 17, 2022 | No Comments

Pols and advocates are demanding that the city actually fund the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, which requires scores of new miles of protected bike lanes and bus lanes, cleaner sidewalks, and car-free streets.

Selvena Brooks-Powers is the chair of the Council's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee — and has a lot on her plate already.

Council Transportation Chair: Street Safety, Good Transit, City Funding — It’s All About Equity

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 8, 2022 | No Comments

"All New Yorkers suffer when our streets aren’t safe, and no Council district is immune from the impacts of traffic deaths," the new Transportation Committee chair said on Monday.

Meet the Council’s Transportation Committee Chair: Selvena Brooks-Powers

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

Her home district is quite unlike the rest of the city. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?