Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Today’s Headlines

Obviously the election will dominate the coverage today, with plenty of Friday-morning quarterbacking (NYT, NY Post, WSJ, amNY, Variety). But Streetsblog’s outgoing legend Ben Fried gave readers the most important take on how this election was a referendum to throw the bums out. R.I.P. I.D.C. In the big race, the Daily News wood (“Status Cuo-mo”) […]

Today is Election Day. Vote. Please. You know how bad it is out there — delays underground, streets congested, buses stuck and Citi Bike stalled — so get out there and fill the bubble for candidates who will do something. Who, precisely? To make an educated decision, review candidates’ answers to our campaign questions here […]

Bring an umbrella. Meanwhile, those of you who get our daily email blast — you don’t get it? Sign up right there on the right … right now! — may notice that starting today, we’ll send it earlier to serve you better. It’s like Mom always said, “There’s no late bird. There’s only the early bird […]

Today is September 11. And now the news: Mayor de Blasio and his London counterpart Sadiq Khan penned an op-ed in the Guardian about divesting their cities’ investments in fossil fuel, but Streetsblog was quick to remind everyone that de Blasio is a hypocrite on the subject (and Ben Fried’s article went far further than just mentioning […]

Happy New Year to all our Jewish readers…and writers. Forgive us if we had a little too much apples and honey last night, but we promise we’ll be back up to speed before Shmini Atzeret. In the meantime, why not take a moment to review our Election 2018 coverage? After all, the primaries are on […]

Our two weeks of daily political coverage ends today with a showdown for Manhattan Senate District 31 featuring former City Council Member Robert Jackson vs. first-term incumbent Marisol Alcantara. Our prior nine debates are archived here, And now, the news: The big public transit news of the day came courtesy of Andrew #CuomosMTA Cuomo, who announced that […]