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NYC’s ‘Open Streets’ revising rules to use public space for profit: ‘Fresh kind of hell’
The NYC Department of Transportation is scheming to sell off prime public space it initially commandeered for its ...
New York Post8d
NYC Chinatown residents demand end to open streets program that turns neighborhood into ‘s–tshow’
Obtained by the New York Post “The public urination is out of control ... restaurants have agreed to limit the party to four ...
Time Out9d
These 54 NYC streets will go car-free for one-day only this month
The 55th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated on Saturday, April 26, and one of the highlights of the Department of ...
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Car-free Earth Day celebration kicks off NYC’s Open Streets season
New York City's 2025 Open Streets season kicks off on April 26 with more than 54 streets across the five boroughs transformed ...
Streetsblog New York City4d
Supporters of Open Street Come Out in Droves to Fight Canal Street Cutback
A massive turnout of Lower Manhattan residents in support of the popular Canal Street open street was not enough to prevent ...
Brooklyn Paper11d
Merchants seek adjustments to Park Slope’s popular Open Streets program
As Park Slope’s Open Streets program awaits final approval from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the 2025 season, ...
ABC7 New York on MSN3d
Inside one organization's efforts to get the mentally ill and homeless off of NYC streets
Services for the Underserved is trying to get the homeless and mentally ill placed in transitional housing, not in shelters and especially not in emergency rooms.
Yahoo8d
NYC’s ‘Open Streets’ revising rules to use public space for profit: ‘Fresh kind of hell’
The NYC Department of Transportation is adding a rule change that would privatize its Open Streets program by allowing concession agreements with select restaurants and other businesses to operate ...