Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Racial Equity

Police handcuffed an unidentified 31-year-old Black man for biking on the sidewalk in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday night. A map of all 2022 tickets shows that cops target Blacks and Latinos for the crime.

Cops Cuff Black Man for Riding on the Sidewalk — And Stats Show Just How Commonly They Do That

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 3, 2023 | No Comments

A Black man was handcuffed and arrested on Thursday night after cops stopped him for biking on the sidewalk in Downtown Brooklyn — and a witness called the incident unnecessary and traumatic given the recent police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.

OPINION: On Nov. 8, Yes, Vote, But to Rebuild New York, Make Your Ideas Heard

By Peter Muennig | Nov 1, 2022 | No Comments

Casting a ballot on Election Day has always been important, but it has never been quite enough to meaningfully transform the lives of everyday New Yorkers. The story of the effort to deck over the Cross Bronx Expressway illustrates why.

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Report: New York Remains a Tale of Two Cities for Public Space Equity

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 18, 2022 | No Comments

See the city in a whole new light — an unflattering one.

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What’s In the US DOT ‘Equity Action Plan’ — And What’s Missing

By Kea Wilson | Apr 24, 2022 | No Comments

A new federal action plan to advance "equity" in transportation includes concrete commitments to reform a transportation network that too often disenfranchises marginalized people — but it doesn't go far enough, some say.

Report: 88 Percent of Drivers Arrested for Not Having a License Last Year Were People of Color

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 31, 2022 | No Comments

And every single person arrested for "loitering" last year was Black. "It’s called serving the public," says NYPD spokesman John Miller.

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GOP to Biden: Don’t Force Progressive Politics on Highway Projects

By Eve Kessler | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

Republican governors banded together to thwart the federal government's push to use the new $1.2-trillion infrastructure package to promote progress on climate change, jobs and racial justice.

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