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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social you have an opportunity to save lives and cement your legacy while doing so. Not taking action to keep NYers safe is unacceptable!

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Great piece about how projects like Court St in Brooklyn are good for cities: "it’s one of the best, most optimistic movements in urban development, one that can make cities cleaner, quieter, and more sustainable." @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social @cmrestler.bsky.social www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Cities are booming with bikes — and getting safer and cleaner

Protected bike lanes are transforming cities worldwide, cutting crashes, cleaning air, and turning daily rides into real climate wins.

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Streetopia Upper West Side @streetopia.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

“You can’t tell me a parking space at the corner of a street is worth a life.” Advocates are in front of the district office of @galeabrewer.bsky.social this morning to ask her why she changed her mind and no longer supports universal daylighting in NYC.

A group of people gathered on the sidewalk in front Council Member Gale Brewer’s district office.

A sign held up in front of Gale Brewer’s office that reads “You supported safety, Gale. Don’t turn your back now.”

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

If you like this change to the street, please let Brooklyn CB6 know by emailing info@bkcb6.org I'm on the board and we're already getting some cranky emails. The folks who are using this and benefit from it don't know they have to stand up for good things, so help us stand up for good things.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

@galeabrewer.bsky.social's position on daylighting is becoming increasingly confusing. She now says her flip-flop isn't because of parking but for some other vague reason. Every intersection in her district has had an injury during her term. This is embarrassing. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/02/b...

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'Bean-Counting Street Safety': Advocates Blast Gale Brewer's Daylighting Flip-Flop - Streetsblog New York City

The Upper West Side pol's inconsistent safety record is getting a second look from activists who once supported her.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Approximately 75% of households on the Upper West Side are car-free. Plus, 13,000 parking spaces in a neighborhood that's home to about 214,000 residents is nothing. This is an elected official listening to a loud and entitled minority and prioritizing the storage of private cars over public safety.

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 30/09/2025

This is Gale Brewer basically saying we should not implement known proven safety measures until at least one person is injured in an avoidable crash. Ghoulish really.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Imagine if we treated any other form of safety like this:"We should only install outlet covers in day care centers on a case-by-case basis, such as where a toddler has stuck his fingers in an electrical socket."

So instead of supporting universal daylighting, Brewer is now saying that the city should instead restrict parking at corners on a case-by-case basis, such as where there's been a crash or a fatality, a position that mimics that of the DOT.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

All of @galeabrewer.bsky.social's community boards support daylighting as do all other elected officials representing the district. This flip-flop — siding against her community for vague/undisclosed reasons — is a huge blemish on her public service record and will make all NYers less safe.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

The tools exist to fix dangerous conditions outside school streets. Virtually overnight, we can: - Reduce speed limits outside schools - Make universal daylighting the law All eyes on you @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Advocates asked Cuomo to sign the pledge to Make McGuinness Safe before the primary, which is more than enough time to "review the plan." These are not the words of a candidate that is serious about street safety. www.brooklynpaper.com/demand-mcgui...

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Montreal has done incredible work iterating and expanding pedestrianization programs that were born out of the pandemic, now making them permanent. Sadly, NYC has done the opposite — our pedestrianization programs are a glimmer of what they were in 2021. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Stretch of Ste-Catherine Street East to become pedestrian-only year-round | CBC News

The City of Montreal announced Friday their "ambitious" plans to transform a portion of Ste-Catherine Street East into a pedestrian road year-round, with redevelopment work starting in fall 2026.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

This is really a surreal, insane thing to see. Advocates put so much into trying to make McGuinness safe, and tolerated condescension and self-righteousness from Eric Adams and Ingrid Lewis-Martin at every turn. Turns out, they were being bribed the whole time!

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

This kind of treatment can be a model for New York — to create permeable surfaces, reduce flooding and combined sewer overflow, and ultimately make our waterways clean and swimmable. But we need to secure the space on our streets to do it!

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This crash in Astoria this morning killed 3, including 2 pedestrians. Everyone can agree, the status quo on our streets is unacceptable. We need to embrace real systemic and structural changes to keep pedestrians safe. @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social what will you do? abc7ny.com/post/astoria...

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3 dead after car crashes into food truck, pedestrians in Astoria

Police say a driver tried to avoid another car making a U-turn, then lost control and crashed into a food truck and pedestrians.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Because @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ran a people-powered campaign/is not beholden to special interests, he can truly advance policy and infra solutions that make streets safe and improve transit — this is a generational opportunity to transform our urban landscape nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/06/26/h...

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Mayor Adams and Ydanis Rodriguez from ripping up a piece of the protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewD...

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The NY Times non-endorsement and its “eh, Brad’s fine but not super awesome and tough like the big ol’ sex pest” take looks worse with each passing moment.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Absolutely horrifying how many human lives our mayor is willing to put at risk to score political points.

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Something a lot of people who don't cover transportation politics don't know is that there's a small number of deeply unwell guys who show up to aggressively heckle at transit/safe streets events and make content of it. It's breaking containment now, which is uh, cool

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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲 @noneck.org · 03/06/2025

I'm not sure that Citizens Union can continue to call itself a good government group.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Kudos to @dmey.bsky.social for jumping in the Open Streets beat to report Cuomo and @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social don't know if they support Open Streets. The official position of mayoral candidates shouldn't be "I don't know." Not indicative of good leadership. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/e...

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Eric Adams Punts the Future of Open Streets to the Next Mayor - Streetsblog New York City

The city's car-free open streets are funded for just one more year under Mayor Adams's proposed budget. But Cuomo looms.

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Alex @acannon.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Lincoln Square Road Closure and Accompanying Comments From The Local Facebook Page (April 2025)

Picture of kids and adults gathering on Lincoln Square, playing jump rope. Text overlay saying "I will never understand the appeal of playing in a street"

Picture of Chicagoans of all ages lounging on Lincoln square, enjoying a beautiful spring day. The sun is out and there is chalk art covering the ground. In the foreground a man in sunglasses sits on a yellow bench. Text from a local facebook group reads "It's really unfortunate that they feel the need to create this kind of chaos for the community, our square, and the small businesses trying to thrive here, this feels like a targeted effort."

a man blows bubbles for a group of children playing in Lincoln Square, the kids are jumping and pointing at the bubbles. many adults are circled around watching. A quote from the Lincoln Square facebook page reads "FORGET ABOUT IT. Ban kids from playing in the street."

A wide shot of Lincoln Square. People are congregating in the road, lined up to patronize local businesses, or sitting on the curb watching neighbors stroll by. A truncated facebook comment states "how dare you... People like you in this community absolutely disgust me."

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Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 23/04/2025

I've been biking in Brooklyn for a few years now! It's hard for me to believe it, but I'm one of the people other bicyclists ask questions to now. Bike Brooklyn! is a zine I made that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn: lizdenys.com/bikebk/

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Liz Denys - Bike Brooklyn!

Bike Brooklyn! is a zine that touches on everything I wish I knew when I started biking in Brooklyn. A lot of this information can be found in other resources, but I wanted to collect it in...

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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

A week or so ago this number was only $10k. What changed? This is an obvious political lie by the agency to kneecap Intro 1138.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

NYC DOT: "While every modern city in the world can do this, we simply can't because it is impossible."

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Really shameful shilling against safety by our DOT. These staffers should be ashamed.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 21/04/2025

Blocked hydrants are a major problem on NYC's streets, with the FDNY having gone as far as blaming the phenomenon for the recent death of a man in Brooklyn. So why does the DOT see hydrant zones as a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting?

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OPINION: DOT's Argument Against Universal Daylighting Has a Fatal Flaw - Streetsblog New York City

Hydrant zones and bus stops are not a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting — yet DOT is using them to argue against safety.

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Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 19/04/2025

Sign up to testify in support of Intro 1138 (universal daylighting) at Monday's City Council hearing here: council.nyc.gov/testify/ Select "Mon, April 21, 2025 @ 10:00 AM - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure" for the meeting. You're probably testifying for "self"! See you there!

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Hearing Testimony Registration

Together, we make the laws governing New York City

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Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 19/04/2025

"It’s possible DOT is daunted by such a large city-wide policy change. ... universal daylighting represents a considerable shift. However, as leading street safety experts have said, this change makes it easier to improve safety." new from @ammorano.bsky.social: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/18/o...

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OPINION: DOT's Argument Against Universal Daylighting Has a Fatal Flaw - Streetsblog New York City

Hydrant zones and bus stops are not a suitable stand-in for universal daylighting — yet DOT is using them to argue against safety.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

As the hearing for @cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138 approaches, I'm reflecting on why street safety matters. Like too many NYers, I have a parent who was seriously injured in a crash — a crash that could've been prevented with just a little effort. We need universal daylighting in NYC!

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Transportation Alternatives @transalt.org · 15/04/2025

We're getting ready for Monday's City Council hearing on universal daylighting! ✅ Signs made ✅ Testimony prepared @cmjuliewon.bsky.social Intro 1138 will make our streets safer, and we need your help to pass it...

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Liz Denys @liz.nyc · 14/04/2025

We are exactly one week out from the City Council hearing for CM Won's universal daylighting bill, Intro 1138! I'm proud that my Council Member, CM Rita Joseph, is co-sponsoring this important bill. Council District 40 and the entire city need universal daylighting!

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Beth Slade @nycslade.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

We're just a week away from @council.nyc.gov's hearing on Intro 1138 to make universal daylighting the law in NYC. Thank you council member @cmshahanahanif.bsky.social for sponsoring this bill — NYC needs universal daylighting!

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

A bike ride with Brad Lander is in the books, and that can mean only one thing: The Dave Colon Open Challenge is officially live. Mayoral candidates, if you want some, come get some

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

The hearing for @cmjuliewon.bsky.social's Intro 1138 to make universal daylighting the law in NYC is one week away! I'm thrilled that my representative CM Hudson sponsors this bill — and I look forward to seeing her fight to get it across the finish line. NYC needs universal daylighting!

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 07/04/2025

I mentioned this is Stephen's replies, but the reasoning is the parochial nature of NYC politics and the top-down control the mayor exerts over the bureaucracy. DOT has a plan to redesign Grand Army Plaza while making many pedestrian-focused changes to Vanderbilt permanent.

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Big huge streets news: The federal pandemic relief money that funded open streets has run out, and it is unclear if City Hall is going to replace it in the upcoming budget nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/03/o...

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Open Street Program in Jeopardy As Mayor Adams Is Not Funding It - Streetsblog New York City

The open streets program is running out of money as a key federal grant gets ready to expire, and Mayor Adams isn't coming to the rescue.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The $5M a year needed to support Open Streets, play streets, free on-street programs, bike boulevards and generally high quality public spaces is peanuts in the scope of the City budget — yet Mayor Adams is refusing to provide this funding. Shame on you! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/04/03/o...

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Brooklyn! If you support open streets and want to see them continue and even expand, please fill out this survey about the one on 5th Ave. Thank you!

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

“We don’t need more space for pedestrians - Prospect Park is RIGHT THERE!”

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

This was an inevitability, not an accident.

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Gersh Kuntzman @realgershkuntzman.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Hey New York Times and Mayor Adams: in what world is a speeding driver with a suspended license killing three people an ACCIDENT? It's not an "accident," it's a result of terrible choices made by her and the political system that allows her to keep driving: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/n...

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Woman and 2 of Her Children Are Killed in Brooklyn Car Accident

The victims were walking Saturday on the border of the Gravesend and Midwood neighborhoods when two cars collided and one veered into their path, the police said.

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Alex Morano @ammorano.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

It is not an exaggeration that the city’s open street program is on the brink. We need to invest more in this if it’s going to survive, let alone flourish and grow: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/03/14/o...

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Open Streets Won't Survive Without More Money From the City, Organizers Warn - Streetsblog New York City

Open streets have shrunk significantly — and more cuts could be coming if the city doesn't cough up more funding, volunteers warned.

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