Astoria District Manager Demands Citi Bike Docks Take Sidewalk Space To Save Parking
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Every battle that has already been won has to be waged and won again and again and again.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Board Reform
Reappointed by Rosenthal, Dan Zweig Already Trashing Amsterdam Ave Plan
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Bike lane opponent Dan Zweig is at it again. The longtime Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair was quoted in a Post article trashing the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane before DOT even presents its design, set to be released in September or October. “There is very heavy traffic [on Amsterdam] and it is a truck […]
2 Queens Community Board Members Hold Up a Safety Project for Thousands
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The transportation committee of Queens Community Board 4, which covers Corona and Elmhurst, is comprised of three people. On Monday evening, two of them showed up to a meeting — that’s quorum, apparently — and they really, really did not want any changes to 111th Street. Here’s the backstory: The Queens Museum, working with Immigrant Movement International, Make […]
Why Is Queens BP Melinda Katz Refusing to Divulge 2015 CB Appointments?
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Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request after Queens Borough President Melinda Katz refused to provide us a list of 2015 community board appointments. Community boards play an outsized role in determining how safe New York City streets are for walking, biking, and driving. Though their votes are supposed to be advisory, DOT rarely […]
Can New York City Reform Its Dysfunctional Community Board System?
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New York City’s 59 community boards often serve as the sole venues where the public can assess and vet street design projects. But they are also structured in a way that inhibits any sort of change, giving de facto veto power over street improvements to a small clique who can serve for life. A bill in the City Council would establish […]
Helen Rosenthal Won’t Say Why She Reappointed Street Safety Foe to CB 7
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Members of Families For Safe Streets asked Council Member Helen Rosenthal at a town hall meeting last night why she reappointed street safety foe and longtime Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig. But Rosenthal refused to answer questions from Upper West Siders who have lost loved ones to traffic violence. Zweig has spent years stonewalling […]