Julianne Cuba
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Mayor to School Kids: You’re Expendable During a Pandemic
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Mayor de Blasio said on Monday that he's willing to sacrifice school-bound kids to more road carnage — temporarily, of course, because, you know, the pandemic.
Twitter Mysteriously Removes Driving Record of the Unmarked Van Used in NYPD Arrest
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For some reason, Twitter is covering up for the NYPD. The social media giant offered no explanation.
Mayor’s ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods, Data Show
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Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.
Employees: Bike New York Must Do More To Become ‘Actively Anti-Racist’
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Current and former employees at Bike New York are calling out the organization for failing to adequately respond to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Gains Steam
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An influential Manhattan panel voted to return street safety to the DOT. Will Mayor de Blasio heed the call?
NYPD Targets Black and Brown Cyclists for Tickets
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Biking while Black is still a thing in New York City.
More NYC Cyclists Protested For ‘Black Lives Matter’ On Saturday Than Showed Up To Trump’s Rally In Tulsa
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Whose streets? Protesters’ streets.
Seven Black Cyclists Talk About Protest Rides
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The cycling community has so far hosted two massive solidarity rides with Black Lives Matter. We talked to participants about their struggles.
Trek Bicycles Declines To Divest From NYPD Despite ‘Abhorrent’ Use of Bikes Against Protesters
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The company that sells bicycles to the NYPD has refused activists' demands that it divest from its relationship with a brutal department.
Déjà Vu: Another Man Plows Into ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protesters With His Car In Queens
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Another driver who plowed into demonstrators in Whitestone gets kid-glove treatment from cops.
‘It’s Not Your Bike Anymore’: Police Swipe Bikes at Black Lives Matter March
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Cops aggressively swiped protestors’ and reporters’ bikes during a peaceful protest Wednesday night in Brooklyn — which is illegal.
Council: Mayor Must ‘Think Outside The Box’ When It Comes To Open Streets for Restaurants
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Mayor de Blasio is too myopic when it comes to rethinking street space to help struggling New Yorkers during the COVID-19 crisis, lawmakers charged on Thursday.