Adams vetoes Chin’s bill hiking fines for Soho/Noho nonartist JLWQA residents, saying it needs work
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | Updated Jan. 16, 3:30 p.m.: Mayor Eric Adams in a statement late Friday afternoon reitearated his support for the Soho/Noho upzoning....
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New Soho/Noho group fundraising for lawsuit against de Blasio’s rezoning
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | As Yogi Berra once said, "It ain't over till it's over." A new ad hoc group has come together to challenge...
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Opinion: De Blasio, not park activists, delayed East Side resiliency plan while backing fossil-fuel status quo
BY HOWARD BRANDSTEIN | Deconstruct the video of the "Frontline Communities Coalition" rally on Dec. 18 and what you see is an image makeover for...
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Judge named for a tree chops down legal challenges to East River Park resiliency project
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | A Court of Appeals judge on Thursday made quick work of legal challenges to the East River Park resiliency project. As...
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As East River Park destruction continues, judge orders city to prove it’s not in contempt of court
BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The infernal roar of chainsaws and construction machines in East River Park lessened a bit Monday afternoon after a judge signed...
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Posts tagged as “bike lanes”

University Place bike boulevard moved to back burner

Momentum seems to have slowed for the push for a bike boulevard on University Place. (Photo by The Village Sun)

University Place bike boulevard moved to back burner

November 16, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The city has slammed the brakes on a planned virtual workshop for a possible University Place bike boulevard — and, in…

Pol: Avenue C dining sheds threaten cyclists’ safety

Assemblymember Harvey Epstein, left, was joined on a walk-through of the Avenue C bike lane by Ed Pincar, the Manhattan borough D.O.T. commissioner, right. (Harvey Epstein / Twitter)

Pol: Avenue C dining sheds threaten cyclists’ safety

October 25, 2021

BY LINCOLN ANDERSON | The Avenue C bike lane is “a mess.” So says a local politician who did a walk-through of it with a…

Bike lane was…gone with the wind

Cyclists were dangerously forced to merge into car traffic. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Bike lane was…gone with the wind

March 27, 2021

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Warning about high winds Upstate on Friday, Governor Cuomo ordered a vaccination center in Rochester closed for the day. But…

Polly Trottenberg announces she’s rolling on from D.O.T.

D.O.T. Commissioner Polly Trottenberg at an open house in January 2018 on the plan to fully close the L train's Canarsie tunnel for repairs of damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012. After Governor Cuomo intervened, the plan was revised so that some subway service was maintained during the repairs. (Courtesy NYC Dept. of Transportation)

Polly Trottenberg announces she’s rolling on from D.O.T.

November 24, 2020

Polly Trottenberg, the city’s Department of Transportation commissioner, on Monday announced her resignation from the de Blasio administration, effective in early December. Trottenberg has led…

Delineator dilemma: D.O.T. says ‘post it’ on W. 13th St.

Newly installed bike-lane delineators on W. 13th St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves. near the former E. 13th St. Presbyterian Church. Down the block, brown paint in the buffer zone marks where a drop-off space has been left for City and Country School. (Photo by The Village Sun)

Delineator dilemma: D.O.T. says ‘post it’ on W. 13th St.

March 6, 2020

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Updated March 9, 7:30 p.m.: Don’t fence us in — or out! Many residents on 12th and 13th Sts. are…