Wednesday Links
Nissan Minivan Chosen as New York City’s Next Taxi [NY Times] Board Approves Preliminary Range Of Rent Hikes [NY1] Coney Concert Space Will be Turned Into a Park [NY1] Borough Hall’s New Community Meeting Room [NY Post] Slope Church Merger Off, but Others Coming [BK Paper] Drivers, Cyclists Clash Over Bedford Avenue [BK Paper] Be@Schermerhorn…
Nissan Minivan Chosen as New York City’s Next Taxi [NY Times]
Board Approves Preliminary Range Of Rent Hikes [NY1]
Coney Concert Space Will be Turned Into a Park [NY1]
Borough Hall’s New Community Meeting Room [NY Post]
Slope Church Merger Off, but Others Coming [BK Paper]
Drivers, Cyclists Clash Over Bedford Avenue [BK Paper]
Be@Schermerhorn Now 99% Sold [Eagle]
Sitcom Dreams Grow in Bushwick [NY Daily News]
NY is #1 for Biz, Again [Crain’s]
“”They may be the biggest voting block but they are no more important than anyone else.”
Very true, but politicians have to choose their battles, and bike lanes are simply not worth it. My advice is for the City to promote the bike lanes on Kent Avenue which are less controversial because they are not as disruptive to the Orthodox Community.
DH- well, I did say naive 🙂
“They may be the biggest voting block but they are no more important than anyone else.”
hehe – in politics, those two ideas are contradictory (unfortunately)
Gabby – Is the photo above of 8th street between 4th & 5th Ave?
Too bad the Karsan lost, it was much more stylish.
Also true, Jaguar- the bike lane isn’t the eral issue. It’s the right of every New Yorker to use the City streets.
Jaguar- I agree with that. I didn’t miss the point but especially after reading the Brooklyn Paper posts, it bothers me when anyone uses Satmar and Jew interchangeably. Sure they’re Jewish, but to people who who simply need an excuse to Jew-bash, well, you know as well as I what happens. I strongly object to what they’re doing and I hope the city cracks down hard on them for assaulting and intimidating bike riders.
Grand Pa- that’s probably true, but the potential for serious fights and conflicts at some point will force politicians to think twice. (Hopefully). They may be the biggest voting block but they are no more important than anyone else. Maybe naive of me to think that way but there’s always pushback on these things.
I don’t think the bike lane is the issue considering it is perfectly legal to bike on city streets regardless of whether there is a lane there.
The Black Hats are the single most important voting block in Brooklyn. Every politician knows this. Bike lanes are simply not worth losing that potential vote.
End of discussion.