Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Election 2018

Your new Public Advocate — Jumaane Williams.

Meet Public Advocate Jumaane Williams — Lots of Potential on Street Safety

By Streetsblog | Feb 26, 2019 | 14 Comments

City Council Member Jumaane Williams was elected Public Advocate on Tuesday with roughly 33 percent of the vote in a 17-person field. Here's how he answered our candidate questionnaire earlier in the month.

Meet your would-be Public Advocates: (top row from left) Jumaane Williams, Rafael Espinal, Nomiki Konst. (second row, from left) Melissa Mark-Viverito, Ydanis Rodriguez, Danny O'Donnell. (bottom row from left) Michael Blake, Ron Kim, Dawn Smalls

The Race for Public Advocate: Ten Candidates Address Street Safety, Transit

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 22, 2019 | 29 Comments

The top candidates answered our questionnaires — so read them all here!

Former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Photo: William Alatriste for the NYC Council

StreetsPAC Endorses Mark-Viverito for Public Advocate

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 20, 2019 | 9 Comments

The main political action committee on livable streets issues has endorsed the former City Council speaker for public advocate, citing her enlightened, forward-think approach to street safety.

State Senator-elect Andrew Gounardes, who stunned eight-term incumbent Marty Golden on Tuesday night, thanked street safety advocates for their help on Wednesday at the Vision Zero Cities Conference in Manhattan. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Andrew Gounardes Takes Victory Lap … At Vision Zero Safety Conference!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 7, 2018 | 1 Comment

Andrew Gounardes traveled 16 miles from his district to thank street safety advocates for putting him, and a central issue, on the map.

Wednesday’s Headlines: The People Have Spoken Edition

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 7, 2018 | 21 Comments

The election dominates the coverage today. Turn to the Times or CNN or even Fox News for the national recaps, but the biggest race for livable streets advocates was in southern Brooklyn's State Senate 22, where Andrew Gounardes apparently beat street safety pariah Republican Marty Golden. Plus the rest of today's news...

Queens community boards are on average older than the borough itself. Image: Dietrich VanVlissingen

ENDORSEMENT: Vote Yes on Ballot Proposal 3

By Gersh Kuntzman | Nov 5, 2018 | 6 Comments

Let's make community boards better and more diverse.

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