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31st St Opponents Just Moved to Halt New Work and Hold DOT in Contempt

Full motion papers are here. Sounds like the opponents and the city will be in court on Thursday arguing whether the judge should issue a temporary retraining order.

u/Brandon_WC — 12 hours ago
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I saw this ridiculousness recently on 31st street between 35th and 36th Ave. This new club seems to have hired people to double park cars for customers. They wear reflective vests and carry torch lights to look official.

u/Pastatively — 23 days ago
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The meeting started out alternating 3 speakers at a time, going back and forth between opponents and supporters of the safety redesign. It's been about 30 minutes now since they ran out of opponents and it's just been a steady stream of supporters ever since, all out here until well past 10pm to lend their support to this project. Bravo to all!

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u/nyuncat — 28 days ago
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ConEd was doing some construction on 35th Street.

Cars were traveling the wrong way down 1-way streets and using the bike lane. Several near accidents between vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in the time I was there.

There was a parking enforcement officer who said she wished she could give all the cars tickets, but it was outside her jurisdiction. She genuinely seemed like she wanted to help.

An NYPD cruiser coincidentally showed up a few minutes after I submitted a 311 complaint. The bike lane was full of cars. The officer spoke to the first car, then spoke to the guys directing traffic and then left.

Absolutely wild. Btw, the last car in the video has 109 violations.

I have plenty more footage but this is some of the interesting bits

u/JoshfromNYC — 29 days ago
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https://reddit.com/link/1sq9pqj/video/q6p94xatn8wg1/player

Hello everyone! My name is Diana Moreno, and for the past 2.5 months, I’ve had the honor of representing the neighborhoods of Astoria and Long Island City in the New York State Assembly, to fill now-Mayor Mamdani's vacant seat.

I'm making my r/MicromobilityNYC debut to share my support for the administration's updated and expanded proposal to redesign 31st Street and make it safer for everyone. This is one of the most dangerous corridors in Queens, with three deaths and over 500 injuries in the last five years alone. Our city has a duty to follow the data and take aggressive action to prevent traffic violence and save lives—and that’s what this redesign will do.

This wouldn’t be possible without years of hard work by street safety advocates and thousands of neighbors. And now, we need your help to get it across the finish line. If you want to make your voice heard, come to the Community Board #1 meeting on Tuesday, April 21st at 25-22 Astoria Blvd (Astoria World Manor / The Marquee at Astoria). DOT will present their proposal and allow members of the public to speak, each for up to 2 minutes. Hope to see you there!

(One last thing: if you live in Assembly District 36 and want to reach our office, don’t hesitate to call us at (718) 545-3889 or email us at ad36@nyassembly.gov to receive direct assistance or to make an appointment.)

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u/dianaforqueens — 1 month ago