Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Election 2013

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Ken Biberaj, District 6

By Stephen Miller | Jun 3, 2013 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog continues our series on City Council candidates with a look at the race for District 6 in Manhattan, covering the Upper West Side. The seat has been held by Gale Brewer, who is term-limited, since 2002. Six Democratic Party candidates are vying for the seat: real estate executive Ken Biberaj, Democratic State Committeewoman Debra Cooper, education activist Noah Gotbaum, Democratic […]

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Clifford Stanton, District 11

By Stephen Miller | May 24, 2013 | 2 Comments

We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with activist and food wholesaler Clifford Stanton, who’s running to represent District 11, covering Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Norwood in the Bronx. On Monday, we ran a Q&A with Andrew Cohen, who serves as a CB 8 member and legal advisor to Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz; yesterday we had […]

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Cheryl Keeling, District 11

By Stephen Miller | May 23, 2013 | 3 Comments

We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with track coach and businesswomman Cheryl Keeling, who’s running to represent District 11, covering Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Norwood in the Bronx. Tuesday we ran a Q&A with Andrew Cohen, who serves as a CB 8 member and legal advisor to Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz; tomorrow we will run replies […]

Anthony Weiner: I Love Bike Lanes. Let Me Count the Exceptions…

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2013 | 20 Comments

Anthony Weiner, enemy of congestion pricing and infamous bike lane antagonist, is talking about street design on the campaign trail. Though there was plenty of warning this day would come, it’s still kind of surreal. Weiner told Capital New York’s Azi Paybarah he was just joking when he boasted to Michael Bloomberg and a room […]

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Andrew Cohen, District 11

By Stephen Miller | May 21, 2013 | 5 Comments

Streetsblog continues our series on City Council candidates with a look at the race for District 11 in the Bronx, which covers Kingsbridge, Riverdale, Woodlawn, and Norwood. The seat has been held by Oliver Koppell, who is term-limited, since 2002. Four Democratic Party candidates are vying for the seat: Andrew Cohen, an attorney who also serves […]

Quinn Says She Would Aim to Cut Traffic Fatalities in Half by 2021

By Stephen Miller | May 15, 2013 | 40 Comments

Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn said today that if elected, she would appoint an interagency “Safe Streets Working Group” tasked with cutting traffic fatalities in half by 2021. The working group, featuring “high level staff” from DOT, NYPD, City Planning, and the Department of Health, would coordinate automated enforcement, police enforcement, street design, and traffic calming […]

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