More than 120 people have been killed in city traffic incidents between January and June, a new report says.
nyc council races
Five Democrats Look to Flip Queens’ Last GOP Council Seat Blue
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Council District 32 has had Republican representation since 2009. Five Democrats are running June 22 for a chance to turn the seat blue, while two Republican candidates hope to keep the district under GOP control.
housing
NYC to Hire 112 Temp Workers to Track Homeless in Subways as 24-Hour Service Resumes
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The hiring increase worries some advocates who say the data collectors could erode the crucial trust street homeless New Yorkers develop with nonprofit outreach workers who develop relationships during routine visits.
public health
Opinion: Why Physicians and Public Health Leaders Should Support ‘Capping’ the Cross Bronx Expressway
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Issues of public health, infrastructure and the environment are inseparable from one another. The Bronx has long been victimized by infrastructure projects that benefit the rich at the expense of marginalized communities, and the Cross Bronx Expressway is the quintessential example.’
2021 election
Aging in the City: What the Mayoral Candidates Say They’ll Do for Older New Yorkers
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City Limits hosted a mayoral forum on aging, quizzing the candidates on how they would serve their older constituents when it comes to affordable housing, discrimination in the workplace, social services, internet access and street safety.
Transportation
Opinion: NYC’s Equitable, Low-Carbon Future Requires Subsidies for Micromobility
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‘Micromobility has proven its value as an affordable, efficient, and equitable transport option and should play a prominent role as our cities reopen and residents head back to work.’
2021 election
Trains, Plans & Automobiles: Transportation Issues in the 2021 Campaign
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From subways and buses to bikes and ferries, the people who win this year’s elections for mayor and other city offices will not only shape how New Yorkers get around, but also how public space and taxpayer money gets used.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Let’s Transform NYC’s Waterfront Street-Ends for Equitable Water Access
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‘Places to enter and exit the harbor safely in canoes, kayaks, rafts, sailboats, and rowboats, to educate by interacting with the water—or just to touch the water—remain strangely scarce for a city of over 8 million people.’
Art Chang
The Policy Shop: Subways Every Six Minutes, Green Infrastructure and Childcare for All
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Candidates for NYC mayor and other posts continued to publish big ideas for the city’s problems, including hunger, transit, gun violence and a pitch for universal childcare for kids as young as one.
Homelessness
Opinion: New York City has a Homelessness Problem—But it’s Not What You Think
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‘We need to abandon once and for all the idea that homelessness is a choice, and that people are not in shelters because they don’t know better. The problem is they do and that’s why they are choosing to sleep on subways and sidewalks.’
bike lanes
Opinion: Street Safety, Protected Bike Lanes Must Be Part of New York’s COVID Recovery
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‘With vaccine distribution ramping up…and the state preparing to help employers bring workers back into the office, it’s safe to say biking will be the habit of even more New Yorkers when they commute. We need the infrastructure to match the demand.’