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Voices of New York

Bronx Latino Community Hopes Yankees Fans’ Return Will Herald Neighborhood’s Recovery

By Fernando Martínez for El Diario | April 7, 2021

‘For a whole year, this place has been like a graveyard,’ one Bronx worker told El Diario of the area around Yankee Stadium. The venue reopened to fans last week for the first time since the pandemic struck.

Investigations
Ghost Bike

What’s Behind NYC’s Mounting Cyclist Death Toll?

By Jeanmarie Evelly | December 16, 2019

Cycling advocates see promise in recent city initiatives but say they’d like to see the administration take more aggressive action overall when it comes to transforming New York’s streets.

baseball

New Sports, More Players and Limited Space are a Challenge to NYC Parks

By Marc Bussanich | August 19, 2019

In 2017, the city’s Parks Department issued 8,100 athletic permits for 877,000 hours of athletic time on DPR’s 800 ballfields—satisfying most but nowhere near all the demand for space. There are indications that pressures around parks permits are increasing.

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Biking in Bushwick

It’s Been Slow-Pedaling for Bike Infrastructure in Bushwick

By Rachel Rippetoe | August 9, 2019

The neighborhood has been in the middle of a tug-of-war between some local leaders and citywide policy over how far to go to accomodate bikers.

bus

Speaker Wants Mayor in Charge of Transit, 50 Miles of New Bike Lanes Each Year

By Jeanmarie Evelly | March 5, 2019

Corey Johnson also says he plans to introduce legislation that would require the Department of Transportation to issue a ‘a comprehensive master plan for city streets’ every five years, He also wants to ‘reimagine’ the BQE.

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The U.S. Open is Over. Did Queens Benefit?

By Amir Khafagy | September 10, 2018

‘Undoubtedly, the U.S Open is positive for the city. We just wish the USTA was as involved in promoting the vibrancy of our communities as we believe they should be.’

bike lanes

CityViews: Death Highlights Need for the Right Kind of Bike Lane

By Cody Lyon | August 15, 2018

The majority of the city’s designated bike lanes are unprotected: basically nothing more than around thee-feet wide stretches of asphalt marked by strips of paint and an occasional bike lane symbol. That has to change.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: Why NYC Schools Need Sports Equity

By Matt Diaz | June 28, 2018

‘Every year segregated high schools ask the PSAL for more sports teams and are denied. Why is that allowed to happen?’

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Suit Says NYC Schools Shortchange Some Black, Latino Athletes

By Sneha Dey | June 25, 2018

The case cites over a hundred public schools without any sports teams, of which Black and Latino students are twice as likely to attend.

The Global Squeeze

To Save a Stadium for the Middle Class, Manila Advocates Used Preservation as a Tool

By Purple Chrystyl Romero | May 3, 2018

The saga of the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in the Philippines illustrates the possibility—and potential pitfalls—of using heritage preservation as a tool to resist gentrification.

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