Leo Guttmann

Cars covered with snow parked on city street.

Cars covered with snow parked on city street.

Cars covered with snow parked on city street.

Cars covered with snow parked on city street.

Something to keep in mind the next time the city tries to repurpose parking and drivers complain that every last car is necessary at all times. The storm was two weeks ago.

The outdated switches as the flag of models exited the stage are why they can't run more models per hour.

The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.

On the theme of, "American planners regulate the wrong things," we should have much stricter regulations on noise-proofing apartments. It's the sort of issue regulation is meant to handle: it's difficult for most consumer to assess it before making a decision, and it really impacts qualify of life.

Consultants contracted by Minnesota found that an eight-story single-stair building with 6,000 sq. ft. per floor (building 4) has dramatically lower fire risk than a same-height code-compliant two-stair building with a larger floor plate (building 1) www.dli.mn.gov/sites/defaul...

As I never tire of reminding people, the two plausible alternatives to automated traffic enforcement are that we either rely on the discretion of individual police officers or we simply don't enforce traffic laws at all. We have been trying both alternatives now and they are failing us.

Vital City | A Housing Roadmap for New York’s Next Mayor How Mayor-elect Mamdani can rise to the central challenge facing the city

A really good column on housing and the Mamdani mayoralty by Alex Armlovich, who is on the Rent Board -- www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-h...

Today, New York voters made history, passing Proposals 2-5 and clearing the way for the affordable housing we deserve! ✅🌆🗳️

@opennewyork.org @bradlander.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social @donovanrichards.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Watercolor rendering of the Long Island City waterfront post-rezoning

NEW: The OneLIC plan has been approved by the @Council.nyc.gov Zoning Committee!!!

This will bring over 14,000 new homes — including over 4,000 permanently affordable — to a transit-accessible area of Long Island City. This is NYC's largest neighborhood rezoning in decades.

The OneLIC plan could transform Long Island City, finally bringing what the neighborhood deserves: more housing (14,000+ homes, 4000+ affordable), jobs, parks, and public waterfront access.

Anatole Ashraf, Chair of Queens Community Board 2, explains:

New Yorkers: After voting for candidates who will fight for affordability on the front of your November ballots, flip↩️your ballot to vote YES on affordable housing proposals 2-5

So that New Yorkers like Austin can afford to stay in the neighborhoods that raised them.

Impeding Progress, Costing Riders — Effective Transit Alliance New York Bill Banning One Person Trains Would Lock NY Transit in the Past

A bill passed by the NYS Legislature banning One-Person Train Operation goes against best practices both across the country and world, and would leave New York’s transit system far behind its peers.

ETA asks Gov Hochul to not allow this regressive bill to become law.

www.etany.org/statements/i...

YouTube video by Brad Lander for NYC Brad Lander: "I'll keep coming back to court, week after week"

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

New Danish study concludes that traffic noise is killing people:

"A 14.9 decibel increase in road traffic noise [outside the home] was associated ... with an 8.1% increased risk of all-cause mortality."

Traffic noise was much deadlier than air pollution.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40403531/

Walking to Manhattan is so much nicer now! Very appreciative of everyone who helped make this happen.

The name "The High Cost of Free Samples" is waiting for anyone who wants to do a study on how much ice cream shops cost themselves with overly generous sampling policies.

Streetsblog screenshot: PARKING City of No: Council Member Gets More Parking, Less Housing Council Member Inna Vernikov pressures developer to build more parking than housing in Sheepshead Bay rezoning. By Sophia Lebowitz 12:03 AM EDT on April 10, 2025

NEW: In Southern Brooklyn, NIMBY Republican Inna Vernikov just cut an apartment building from 60 homes down to just 27, while increasing parking from 24 spaces to 35.

This shouldn't be possible, and under our proposed changes to the City Charter, it wouldn't be. 🧵

The NYC Mayoral election is on June 24th! Make sure you use *all* of your vote with Ranked Choice Voting 🗳️

Open New York Endorses: Jess Coleman - 1st City Council District Erik Bottcher - 3rd City Council District Ben Wetzler - 4th City Council District Shaun Abreu - 7th City Council District Elsie Encarnacion - 8th City Council District Shirley Aldebol - 13th City Council District Pierina Sanchez - 14th City Council District Amanda Farias - 18th City Council District Lincoln Restler - 33rd City Council District Crystal Hudson - 35th City Council District Shahana Hanif - 39th City Council District Chi Ossé - 36th City Council District Photos of each candidate are above their names, with a drawn outline of New York City in the background. Open New York's logo is on the bottom right.

THREAD: Today, we’re proud to announce our 2025 endorsements for New York City Council.

This slate of 12 housing champions—twice as many as last cycle—will be supported by our grassroots members and over half a million dollars from our IE @abundantny.bsky.social

The 'Momentum' cover page, which a twin-hued abstracted version of an M, which has been central to the identity of metros and passenger rail services around the world.

The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...

If you don’t pay, your car goes away!

Stay legal: Don’t cover or block your license plate. If you do, your vehicle may be towed.

Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie, and Jessica Ramos

📣Endorsement!📣

NKD is excited to announce our endorsement of four candidates for NYC Mayor!

@jessicaramosqns.bsky.social
@zellnor.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@bradlander.bsky.social

5+ mayoral candidates need to start making it very clear that you should fill all 5 slots on your ballot with only members from that group

I normally feel awkward/corny/self-conscious in any kind of group chanting/marching situation but felt none of that yesterday for "NO KINGS"

In many ways it's fitting that the showdown between monarchy and democracy ends up being over NYC congestion pricing.

Cities are where the power of kings were first challenged, and few things are more fundamental to government than control of public space.

The cameras are staying on!

this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to

if there are any newspaper editors reading this, think of it like, the Saturday Night Massacre was considered the "Harvard administrator cited sources improperly in their college thesis" of the 1970s in terms of how big a scandal it was.

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.

This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.