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Here's the clip from Hulu's "Godfather of Harlem" S3E3 featuring a cameo from former mayoral aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin. Alvin Bragg revealed that she got this role thanks to the Argentos, who run Broadway Stages. In return, Lewis-Martin stopped safety improvements on McGuinness.

We made this counter to show just how much we're losing every second that congestion pricing is paused.

Is congestion pricing working? Well, this stretch on Clinton Street in Brooklyn is usually filled with traffic in the morning rush. But not today.

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Why can't we have a bike lane on Chambers Street to connect the Brooklyn Bridge to the Hudson River Greenway? Blame the rampant placard abuse and illegal parking, Gersh Kuntzman explains.

We went to Staten Island to track down New York City's second-worst driver: He's an NYPD NEWS officer who has been caught blasting through school zones or running red lights in his truck more than 547 times since 2022.

The person delivering your Grubhub order may not have actually been working for Grubhub. Streetsblog found that Grubhub subcontracted to another app called Relay to skirt paying NYC's delivery minimum wage to those workers. Here's @sophlebo with more:

Citi Bike recorded over 24,000 rides on Tuesday, a day after this week's snowstorm ended — when most bikes across NYC were still snowed into docks. With the price of Citi Bike continuing to outpace inflation *and* the increase in subway fare, Lyft owes its customers more.

Snow is nature's urban planner: It can show us what parts of the road drivers don't use — and what can be reclaimed for pedestrians. Post photos and videos of all the #sneckdowns you see and tag us and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani so today's winter wonderland can inspire better streets all year!

The Chambers J/Z station is one of the oldest stations in New York City's transit system — and it doesn't look like it's been touched by the MTA since it was built. But thanks to congestion pricing, it's getting a huge upgrade, reports Good Idea Dave.

The awful Williamsburg Bridge off-ramp was leveled by NYC DOT and Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Tuesday ahead of a $70 million capital improvement project that will make Delancey Street safer and more navigable for cyclists and pedestrians.

Starting March 27, NYPD will start treating cyclists the same as drivers by stopping the Adams-era practice of writing criminal summonses to cyclists for minor traffic offenses. Sophia Lebowitz reports at the Zohramp:

NYC's e-bike classification rules can be confusing — especially when online retailers (and the media 👀) describe anything with two wheels and a motor as an e-bike Sophia Lebowitz explains why it's so easy to think you're buying an e-bike when you've really been sold an illegal e-moto

June is a week away and nearly 1,000 restaurants are still waiting for their outdoor dining permits. What's the holdup? A failed program devised by former Mayor Eric Adams and the last City Council under Speaker Adrienne Adams, explains Kevin Duggan.

NEWS: The NYPD is continuing its ticketing sting at Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new Williamsburg Bridge bike ramp, reports Sophia Lebowitz.

Days after NYC got a foot of snow, sidewalks and bus stops are still impassible in some places — especially for people pushing strollers and disabled New Yorkers using mobility aids. So who's fault is it?

The aftermath of the storm has highlighted how infrequently some New Yorkers use their vehicles. Luckily for car-owners, one of the few things that comes free in New York City is a place to store your private automobile on public land.

NYPD keeps parking their cars illegally on the sidewalks and in crosswalks. And it's gotten so bad that the Department of Justice is now involved.

Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza is getting a long-overdue redesign to prioritize the needs of pedestrians and cyclists over the cars just passing through.

When a yellow light means "speed up," pedestrians die.

Where's the money from congestion pricing going anyway? It's being used to buy new trains, make them run faster and more frequently, renovate old subway platforms and stations, install elevators across the system, and more.

Parker waited over half-an-hour for the Bx36 bus on Tremont Avenue, one of the slowest buses in the country. Mayor Mamdani is hoping to revive a busway project that was shelved by the Adams administration — so long as the federal government doesn't get in his way.

Trump's DOT Secretary, Sean Duffy, explained why he's trying to kill congestion pricing in an interview with CBS News last week. But, as the nation's most beloved congestion pricing expert, Streetsblog's Good Idea Dave shows that Sec. Duffy has no idea what he's talking about.

Streetsblog's Gersh Kuntzman was there as the congestion pricing cameras turned on at 12:00:01 a.m. and interviewed the FIRST driver to pay the toll. WCBS Assignment Desk's Marcia Kramer should take note of what this driver had to say:

Citi Bike recorded over 24,000 rides on Tuesday, a day after this week's snowstorm ended — when most bikes across NYC were still snowed into docks. With the price of Citi Bike continuing to outpace inflation and the increase in subway fare, Lyft owes its customers more.