Pricey New Plan Aims To Put Buses First In NYC And Barely Speeds Up Traffic
De Blasio wants to give buses a push with a new $280 million city action plan designed to take the current average bus speed of 7 ½ mph and increase it by 25 percent.
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De Blasio wants to give buses a push with a new $280 million city action plan designed to take the current average bus speed of 7 ½ mph and increase it by 25 percent.
For the first time ever 135,000 public housing apartments will be tested for lead.
New York City's polarizing mayor didn't do well (again) in the latest presidential polls from Iowa, but that's apparently not discouraging Bill de Blasio from a 2020 run.
City workers will soon have to say goodbye to plasticware in their break rooms thanks to an executive order banning the purchase of several single-use plastic consumer items.
The mayor, who has already been the subject of an investigation into an earlier political action committee, is now being asked to explain two new issues.
New York had a midnight federal deadline to appoint a new chair to oversee the troubled city housing authority.
Angry furriers descended on City Hall Thursday to protest proposed city council legislation to ban the sale of fur apparel and accessories.
The mayor spoke this morning at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference, the country's leading pro-Israel group.
Housing and Urban Development Director Lynne Patton shined the spotlight on another NYCHA nightmare on Friday.
"Should criminal charges be pursued?" Marcia Kramer asked. "I personally think they should… deception and fraud… blatant deception and fraud," Lynne Patton alleged.
Political analysts say de Blasio has dropped the responsibilities he was re-elected to handle, to the detriment of all New Yorkers.
The measure was introduced in the House of Representatives last week.
As New York City's homeless population continues to rise, the debate over how to handle the problem is getting even more fired up.
A poll by Siena College reveals who New Yorkers blame for Amazon's decision to not open a new headquarters in Queens.
The plan would entirely revamp the coastline.
A new flap has rocked Mayor Bill de Blasio's exploratory presidential campaign as a new poll has New Yorkers telling hizzoner to extinguish his 2020 ambitions.
A rally was held Thursday at City Hall to call for the extension of mayoral control over the city school system.
While some are calling it a victory for animal rights, others say it puts the animals in even more danger.
Mayor Bill de Blasio hopped on board the congestion pricing train on Wednesday, literally.
The proposal calls for congestion pricing on vehicles south of 61st Street in Manhattan.
Longstanding problems with the New York City Housing Authority are getting political, with everyone from the president to the mayor sounding off this weekend.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is apparently telling Democrats in Iowa that he has not ruled out a run for president.
The candidates for public advocate are the latest to turn thumb's down on de Blasio 2020, saying a man who can't run the city certainly can't run the country.
In some cases, those with legitimate ones like police officers, firefighters, teachers, and other city employees have been forced to park illegally around their jobs.
New York City will now target 424 miles of streets where nearly half of all pedestrian fatalities occur.
