It was a long year for bike riders in New York City. The bikelash got underway last fall, but it really picked up in 2011 as the Prospect Park West lane suit dragged out all summer t. The city won the suit, as well as a super majority of support for the new bike lanes, but that has not stopped cycling critics from continuing to harry two-wheeled New Yorkers. Now, it is looking like 2012 may be no better. Read More
Janette Sadik-Khan is probably the only transportation commissioner, or city commissioner of any sort, really, with honest-to-god fans. Not just supporters or boosters, but groupies who adore her. A few were spotted today, poking their cellphones past reporters who were buttonholing Sadik-Khan outside a City Council hearing room this afternoon.
A tall blonde woman, clutching Read More
Don’t even go there. Because the buses already don’t.
That’s the message from a group of transit advocates, who sent an open letter to Albany yesterday pleading with the governor and Legislature not to raid the MTA’s dedicated funding. Again.
Last year, needing to trim the budget by billions, Albany decided to take $143 Read More
City Councilman Jimmy Vacca, on the right, is wearing red suspenders to raise awareness of proposed budget cuts that might affect firehouses. He said he really doesn’t have to wear them anymore since the money has been restored, for now.
City Councilman David Weprin, on the left, is wearing red suspenders, just because.
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City Councilman Jimmy Vacca, on the right, is wearing red suspenders to raise awareness of proposed budget cuts that might affect firehouses. He said he really doesn’t have to wear them anymore since the money has been restored, for now.
City Councilman David Weprin, on the left, is wearing red suspenders, just because.
Happy Friday.
Michael Bloomberg and the City Council agreed on a $59.4 billion city budget deal that squashes the mayor’s plan to shutter 16 fire companies, maintains current six-day services at libraries, prevents layoffs of child welfare workers, and trims by an unspecified margin the number of layoffs planned for other city workers.
“This is basically, as Read More
Michael Bloomberg and the City Council agreed on a $59.4 billion city budget deal that squashes the mayor’s plan to shutter 16 fire companies, maintains current six-day services at libraries, prevents layoffs of child welfare workers, and trims by an unspecified margin the number of layoffs planned for other city workers.
“This is basically, Read More
City Councilman Jimmy Vacca wants to know why the Department of Environmental Protection is keeping tens of millions of dollars in discretionary “holding code” accounts while the city is preparing to raise water rates by 14 percent.
According to a May 2008 report from the Independent Budget Office, the DEP put away $59.3 million Read More
City Councilman Jimmy Vacca wants to know why the Department of Environmental Protection is keeping tens of millions of dollars in discretionary “holding code” accounts while the city is preparing to raise water rates by 14 percent.
According to a May 2008 report from the Independent Budget Office, the DEP put away Read More
At a rally on the City Hall steps just now, Jimmy Vacca criticized the administration for not disclosing which fire companies they plan to cut or scale back. (Some in Brooklyn have already been cut.)
“Those who are next may not know they are next. That is probably done intentionally,” he said.
“Whether Read More
