Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announce the subway safety plan at the Fulton Street subway station on Friday, February 18, 2022. Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office A City on Edge The West Sider was in a hurry to get home from her office in Times Square. “My thing is to get the heck out of the subway... News 26 Feb 2022 | 05:08
Sidewalk cut before and after shoveling. Photos: Lindsey Cormack Sidewalk Snow Removal is an Intersectional Issue By Patrick Bobilin, Lindsey Cormack and Zaki Molvi Making cities more walkable and easier to navigate should be a goal of... Voices 19 Feb 2021 | 12:58
Students talked about programs they would like to see the community put into place. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Coming Together After Tragedy Residents of Upper Manhattan came together last week to discuss how the community can move forward following the December... News 03 Feb 2020 | 11:39
After the death of Erica Tishman at 49th St. and Seventh Ave., the Buildings Department ordered the emergency building of a sidewalk shed. ( Photo: Emily Higginbotham) Deadly Terracotta and Sidewalk Sheds A recent front-page New York Post story decried the “scandal of [New York City’s] everlasting scaffolds,” or sidewalk sheds.... Home 20 Dec 2019 | 12:02
Save the Nabes from Busway Invasion! And we are talking about, no, railing against, the tunnel vision that turned 14th Street into a busway. The tunnel vision... Voices 18 Oct 2019 | 03:03
A ghost bike memorial for cyclist Robyn Hightman, 20, who was struck and killed by a truck on Sixth Ave. at 23rd St. in June. ( Photo: David Noonan) Bike deaths prompt new safety plan Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a new five-year, $58.4 million plan to build more protected bike lanes, step up enforcement... News 02 Aug 2019 | 11:28