Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to overhaul parts of Brooklyn’s Linden Boulevard, which has grown so dangerous that some lawmakers have deemed it the city’s "new Boulevard of Death.”
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Check out my esteemed colleague @brigidbergin.bsky.social interviewing mayor Mamdani RIGHT NOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pu0...
This morning on the show, @elkue.bsky.social unpacked Mayor Mamdani's announcement that Grand Army Plaza will be getting a makeover. Plus, we dug into why New Yorkers aren't composting as much as they used to. www.wnyc.org/story/a-pede...
A Brooklyn tour bus company that has been caught idling by citizen bounty hunters who get a cut of the city's $350 fines is suing in federal court to end the program, which it calls unconstitutional. www.courtlistener.com/docket/73172...
The NYPD warrant squad is using an unmarked van with its license plate illegally bent in half and a fake Doordash sticker on the door, as seen in downtown Brooklyn just now
NEW: Poop pool? NYC health honchos have concerns about plan to let people swim in a pool filled with water from the East River gothamist.com/news/nyc-hea...
A response to the first ever FOIL request to Mamdani's city hall has been delayed. I'm now told they need another 86 days to fulfill my request which I filed on the day he took office.
This guy wearing a Yankees cap with NYPD logos on it just blew a stop sign on Tillary street in Brooklyn, nearly hitting me as he raced into traffic coming off the BQE. Then he parked on the sidewalk at the 84th precinct and refused to give me his name or badge #
I wish anyone who likes riding bikes who comes to NJ to see the world cup lots of luck
It was the sixth fatal crash involving a company awarded rights to operate in the new zone system. The truck belonged to Royal Waste -- which won rights to some zones after its owners made big contributions to Eric Adams' election campaign. gothamist.com/news/trash-h...
NYC is finally rolling out its latest commercial waste zone. On Sunday, the death toll from private garbage truck crashes since the reforms were announced climbed to 10. gothamist.com/news/reforms...
ICE vehicle in Manhattan just now in the new livery that says “Defend the Homeland”
“You have to be very careful on Linden because the traffic is horrible,” she added. “They’re always speeding. They don't think about people.”
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Just saw this driver casually get out and put stickers over his license plates just before getting on the Manhattan Bridge to avoid congestion pricing
The security is super locked down at the nyc Wikipedia event because some genius brought a gun to the last one
FDNY rescuing car keys that fell in a grate
ICE agents at JFK terminal 5
Bronx bike lanes are something else
Summer 2020 flashback
I am planning a trip to Baltimore. Some have called it the greatest city in america
The strollers have crossed Flatbush Ave from park slope... nobody is safe. I can barely walk around any public venue now... only Dallas BBQ is safe
The HOS Ricante is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this week. It can hold 119 people and is probably being used to support the Empire Wind project.
Just came across this old pic of Mamdani getting arrested protesting for taxi workers outside City Hall in 2021
Damn
McGuinness not so good last night
Recent pics of snow and garbage