#mayor-adams

#mayor-adams

We're so happy to present the Streetsblog debut of Joel Katuala, who has been a prolific pro-bike YouTuber for about a month now. His latest contribution? A short video lambasting Mayor Adams - and, by extension, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch (who will stay in office) - for the criminal crackdown that began on cyclists that began this spring. Here, Katuala, who describes himself as a "fairly optimistic person," makes the pessimistic case against the Adams administration's crackdown.

It's not on my schedule. I have a slew of other meetings with a group of various dignitaries. I have really been focusing on the continent of Africa and seeing how we can build better relationships and trade. I have a great job and I want to continue that job. Voters make that decision so those hypotheticals don't exist with me.

The Department of Transportaiton announced on Friday that workers will "begin installing" center-running bus lanes on Brooklyn's diagonal spine between Livingston Street and Fourth Avenue - but buses won't start moving faster on the stretch north of Grand Army Plaza until the fall of 2026, more than full four years after the city first did outreach for the project. The full plan which includes pedestrian bump-outs and bus boarding islands will have to wait until the spring, officials said.

"Everything has to be assessed on its merits, and the merit that we are measuring these projects by is whether or not they deliver for working class New Yorkers who are currently taking the slowest buses in the country."

The mayor is expected to veto a Council bill that would expand the restaurant delivery worker minimum wage to grocery delivery workers. This bill aims to achieve the goal championed by the mayor in a 2022 report.

Officials reported an average of 14 illegal guns seized per day over seven months, marking a significant milestone in reducing crime.

"I had a heart attack and a stroke, I'm unable to bike a regular bicycle without having to stop. The Citi Bike electric bikes have been a godsend," Burke told Streetsblog. "I'm probably gonna get an electric bike on my own because I'm not gonna put myself in danger."

I strongly oppose the proposed rule to limit e-bikes to a 15 mph speed limit. It is an ill-considered idea to improve safety which will be counterproductive.

The horse they're going to back is Eric Adams," grocery store billionaire Jon Catsimatidis stated, indicating a strategic move by business leaders to unify support against Mamdani.

At a synagogue in Tribeca, Mayor Adams signed an executive order to combat antisemitism, implementing the definition set by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

Advocates are appalled that Mayor Adams, who always calls himself a cyclist, would lean so heavily into the bikelash.

E-bike riders, are people that deliver food to our homes, and they have families as well. ... Had we done that collaboration together, we might have come up with a different solution other than 15 miles [per hour], which I believe is a penalty.

"A lot of our focus on Vision Zero ... enforcement has solely focused on cars, that's been our primary focus, going after the four wheels."