Going Places
One Weird Trick for Getting Away With Obscuring Your License Plate
New York state lawmakers increased penalties for toll scofflaws, but also explicitly gave cops the power to cut them loose.
NYC Department of Investigation Confirms What Everyone Already Knew: Cops Aren’t Doing Anything About Parking Permit Abuse
When City investigators reported parking permit violations, police enforced the rules zero percent of the time.
The MTA Wants $750K From the NYC Marathon. They Should Charge Drivers an Extra Cent Instead
Reminder: $750,000 is 0.48 percent of what taxpayers spent on the NYPD's overtime pay in the subway system last year.
NYC Has Tried AI Weapons Scanners Before. The Result: Tons of False Positives
Over seven months in 2022 at Jacobi Hospital, Evolv scanners yielded false positives 85 percent of the time.
New Subway Security Theater Just Dropped: Controversial AI Weapons Scanner
The mayor convened his top leadership to announce the future testing of a weapons screening system that may or may not work as advertised.
The Winners & Losers of NYC’s Congestion Pricing Plan
Winners: Planet Earth, drivers, Andrew Cuomo. Losers: Phil Murphy, car brain, Andrew Cuomo.
Is the Dream of Reviving the Rockaways to Elmhurst Subway Line Dead?
A defunct rail line is probably going to get torn up to put a park inside a larger park.
We Ask Three Subway Riders at Grand Central: Do These Bag Checks Make You Feel Safe?
A day after Governor Kathy Hochul dispatched the National Guard to subway stations, a cursory bag check was supposed to make all the difference.
Hochul Is Sending the National Guard Into the Subway to Search Your Bag Because of Vibes
Why bag searches? Hochul explained that the goal was to create a "psychological effect on would-be wrongdoers."
A Group of Artists Just Replaced the MTA’s Ads With Pro-Palestine Posters
“We’re a bunch of New Yorkers trying to take back this public space and make a message.”
