Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ydanis Rodriguez

Ydanis Rodriguez: “We Should Leave the Right of Way Law As It Is”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 10 Comments

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez opposes an amendment to the Right of Way Law that would provide a special exemption for bus drivers. “I stand in support of the bill as written,” he told Streetsblog this afternoon. “I think that we should leave the Right of Way Law as it is.” The Transport Workers Union is seeking an […]

TWU Demands to Be Allowed to Kill People Who Have the Right of Way

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 48 Comments

Wadsworth & 181 in Upper Manh: Bus waits to take a left turn as oblivious pedestrian crosses intersection pic.twitter.com/1sdNUEcyZo — TWU Local 100 (@TWULocal100) June 16, 2015 The Transport Workers Union is making a great case for why the Right of Way Law should apply to all drivers. The law made it a misdemeanor for drivers to […]

DOT and Ydanis Rodriguez Break Ground on Uptown Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2015 | 10 Comments

Don’t underestimate the importance of this development: Today, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez announced the groundbreaking for new bike routes linking the Hudson River Greenway to the restored High Bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx. The shovels-in-the-ground moment and its sibling, the ribbon-cutting-with-oversized-scissors, are irresistible to elected officials everywhere. Usually, this feeds into the political incentive […]

Council Calls on de Blasio to Double “Great Streets” Redesign Funds

By Brad Aaron | Jun 10, 2015 | 3 Comments

The City Council wants Mayor de Blasio to double funding for DOT capital projects to overhaul the city’s most dangerous streets and save more lives, faster. At a council budget hearing last week, transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez called for additional funds in the executive budget for the “Great Streets” program. As of now the mayor’s budget proposes $250 million […]

Ydanis Rodriguez Bill Would Let NYC’s Press Corps Park for Free

By Stephen Miller | Apr 28, 2015 | 23 Comments

In order to protect a #Transparent government we need to ensure media has the tools it needs to do their duty pic.twitter.com/IfuG6HpcLX — Ydanis Rodriguez (@ydanis) April 28, 2015 City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez thinks the city’s press corps needs a special break: He’s proposing legislation that would exempt drivers with press plates […]

Will Rodriguez and Brewer Reappoint CB 12 Crank Jim “Honey Child” Berlin?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2015 | 4 Comments

City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer can remove a barrier to safer streets in Upper Manhattan by relieving Jim Berlin of his spot on Community Board 12, which covers Washington Heights and Inwood. As Stephen Miller reported Thursday, Berlin and fellow CB 12 member Anita Barberis voted against a DOT […]

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