Directly above me, men with rifles yelling at us. Some of my colleagues who own bullet proof vests are wearing them. I have never appreciated our Sergeants-at-Arms more than today.
#mileg
Pretty fucked up how automakers just make larger and larger luxury pickup trucks that get increasingly deadly for pedestrians, and we're not talking about whether they "belong on city streets"
There I was, speeding along in a city in total darkness at a pace where my odds of killing a pedestrian greatly increase, when I was rudely given a very cheap ticket
What sort of off-brand city sends me a $50 camera ticket for speeding in a school zone for racing at 36 mph in a 25 zone at -- wait for it -- 5:40 a.m. in total darkness on a morning in -- wait for it -- mid-July?
Two-word clue: Yankees Suck.
In New York City, the greatest city in the world, we are proud to have experienced the first “earthquake” in human history. This moment shows that New York is, as always, the center of the political and media universe
Incredible that this 20-year-old kid offered to tell the NYPD all about the illegal temp tag delivery operating he fell into, but the police were so disinterested it fell to
@Jesse_Coburn
to unravel it
New Yorkers have come together in this time of crisis to tell people from the West Coast to shut the fuck up about how they "deal with this all the time and none of you care" and I think that's beautiful
When the NYPD said that a cyclist fell under a truck's wheels and got killed today, they were just repeating what the truck driver said, while leaving out that he overtook her on a narrow street
Today in New York we had a high-ranking NYPD official scream at people to not leave their homes during New Year's Eve and then a few hours later the governor said he's going to a Bills playoff game with 6699 other people
Check out how the smart screen inside the Sony Vision-S looks like in this video taken during a test drive. 📺
Find more at
🎥 fujiwarahiroshi / Instagram
#engineering
This story is very funny because it's like "Europeans are coming here enjoying themselves. Suburban New Yorkers have convinced themselves that the city is The Warriors 2 and will not cross the Nassau or Westchester border"
remarkable:
-Times Square is seeing an average of 300,000 visitors a day, not far from the 365,000 people a day it averaged in 2019.
-Hotel occupancy for the week of June 25 hit 87% of pre-pandemic levels, the highest of any major market in the country.
Getting screamed at by my phone about the confirmed suspect in the subway shooting, like I’m not some Twitter addict who didn’t know the news 40 minutes ago
This story is funny because someone from Long Island says, seemingly exasperatedly, "it's easier to take the LIRR and the subway instead of driving to the city." Yes! It is! It always has been!
“On hot days with poor air quality, there’s never any suggestion that New Yorkers limit their driving to make life easier for their neighbors, even when…the air quality is poor enough that people should limit physical exertion.”
I want to thank this police spokesperson for giving a very stark reminder of the political choice ahead of us, and the failures of city leadership. We could have a world with fewer cars, or we could have a world where you’re never safe from cars, ever
TIRED: Closing stretches of streets for even a few hours so children can live to see another Halloween
WIRED: Tweeting "Pretty please do not rip a left turn at 25 miles per hour while you're on your phone"
Look closely for little superheros, ghosts and other trick-or-treaters this weekend 👻🧟🧚🦖, especially during
#DuskAndDarkness
!
#SlowDown
to make it a safe and happy Halloween!
#VisionZero
People are asking things like “Where is the mayor as the city sinks underwater?” when the answer is that a little piece of the mayor lives in each of our hearts
So the police narrative for a fatal crash today was a woman "came into contact" with an SUV. That "contact" was the SUV driver whipping around a corner and hitting her in the crosswalk after making an illegal U-turn
An emotional
@NYPDChiefofDept
tells
@JoshEiniger7
that it’s time to get the agitators “out of here” - “from California, from all over this country, who are being paid to take this movement, which is a good movement, and turn it into violence.”
@ABC7NY
Still can't believe the police union tweeted "How would you like it if our officers wrote tickets to people parked illegally" like it was some kind of threat
Today I missed a meeting w
@PersistBrooklyn
! I started watching Sonic the Hedgehog with my son and lost track of time. This campaign cycle has been tough on everyone in my family, & I feel horrible for missing the meeting. My juggling is suspect but hope they let me make it up!
You can't even run a dockless scooter share pilot in Manhattan, but if you want to drive a 6'9" luxury pickup truck that costs $70,000 through the cramped Financial District streets, the city says "Go ahead"
The owner of Joe’s Pizza said the Busway would ruin his business by eliminating customers who came via car. This week I found a bustling slice joint and not a single customer who drove or took a taxi there
NEW: Gov. Hochul says she's deploying "nearly 1,000" members of the NYS Police, MTA Police and National Guard to help with bag checks in the NYC subway system.
Eric Adams, who came into office saying things like “The city is so boring, we need to bring life back to it” is calling a subway busker proof that the subway is dangerous underground labyrinth
"we have a subway system that is out of control," Mayor Adams says when asked about NYPD arrest of station performer; says guy refused to move or abide by rules & repeated warnings from officers
This police officer patronizingly telling a delivery worker to calm down while police arrest him because they don’t know the law is what everyone knew would happen with this curfew, and it is entirely Bill de Blasio’s fault
This delivery guy thought he’s an essential worker, police seemed to disagree. The rules issued before the curfew very unclear but according to the state, restaurants, bar & food industry workers are classified as essential.
#nycurfew
#NYCPolice
So far this year, E-bikes operators have been involved in 1,628 collisions, with 19 fatalities.
To address the use of illegal E-bikes, officers from the
@NYPD25Pct
&
@NYPD30Pct
, along with
@NYPDTransport
, conducted a business inspection and removed 31 illegal E-bikes & scooters.
Streetsblog does not have a foreign spy bureau or a multibillion dollar budget or guns or even a pension, yet a single guy who works here is unraveling the entire issue of fake paper plates while the cops and multiple state legislatures sit around drooling and mumbling excuses
The mayor having to “explain” why he doesn’t get driven around everywhere is a piece of why it’s difficult to cut down on car usage even in New York City
“You can’t be a good shepherd if you are not among the sheep,”
@NYCMayor
says in explaining why he will be riding the subway and taking Citibike to get around the city.
Mayor Dinkins' "Safe Streets, Safe City" was the beginning of NYC's renaissance. His bold plan succeded because he worked with - not against -
@nycpba
, Albany & the City Council. Together, we started to reclaim our streets from violence & chaos. 1/2
This morning the mayor said the police don’t do anything unless he’s okay with it, so tonight is the night the mayor is okay with police using force against a peaceful protest
Mayor de Blasio isn’t personally interested in riding e-bikes or e-scooters: “If you’re going to move around, why are you not getting some exercise?”
(Not that he’s ever actually seen on a regular old bicycle, besides last summer’s dockless event.)
Sometimes at public meetings on bike lanes you hear something like "Well how many pedestrians have been hit by bikes?" and the answer, through today, is 88 injuries compiled by the NYPD.
There have been 3,113 pedestrians injured by cars and trucks
To reiterate, Andrew Cuomo, founder of the Women’s Equality Party, believes that women should come forward with their stories of sexual misconduct by powerful men. But we should also question their motives when they do so
26 cyclist have died on city streets this year, the most ever in the Vision Zero era
Eric Adams: “You are able to ride your little bike safely through our city”
Walked into the bodega and asked if they sold butter. “Sorry, no,” but then a pause, “Hey isn’t that guy over there the subject of a citywide manhunt?”
Love you, New York City.
All it took for the mayor to lift the curfew was a week of revolt against it, widespread police violence, a staff revolt, condemnation from Swamp Thing, publicized arrests of essential workers, Mr. Met going antifa and it basically being over anyway
This is a good story because it provides a window into police thinking, and that thinking goes "None of us have ever done anything wrong outside of Derek Chauvin"
The looting in SoHo Is quite an elaborate scheme. it’s a complicated web of cars with out-of-state plates, the use of
@Revel
scooters,
@CitiBikeNYC
’s and
@Uber
’s to get away. But most that i’ve observed have been waking away with the goods in hand past cops.
It’s comforting to know that New York City is under the watchful protection of the NYPD, whose leadership faced zero consequences for spewing conspiracy theories about protesters this summer
The entire western edge of City Hall has turned into a parking lot for unmarked NYPD cars.
Some would occasionally park here under de Blasio, but not this many.