Community Organizations
Team Pedestrian Trounces Team Bus in NYC’s Annual ‘Crosstown Bus Challenge’
Pedestrians beat the bus — but maybe for the last time?
August 8, 2025
Families for Safe Streets Founder ‘Disgusted’ That NYS Law to Slow Down Cars is Being Use for Bikes
Amy Cohen says she is disgusted and we will not be quiet about the Adams administration warping the intent behind a decade of her work for safe streets.
Amy Cohen
June 9, 2025
Map Quest: Meet NYC’s Most Dangerous Drivers
A map of the city's most reckless drivers shows how prolific the problem of super-scofflaws is in the five boroughs.
April 16, 2025
Bike NY is Seeking to Build the Perfect E-Bike Subsidy Program for NYC
The bike advocacy group wants to make sure e-bikes are being incentivized in the places where they are most needed.
March 25, 2025
Close the ‘Instacart Loophole’: NYC Pols May Expand Minimum Wage to Grocery Delivery Workers
Grocery delivery app companies like Instacart currently do not have to pay their workers the deliverista minimum wage.
December 4, 2024
A Father Speaks: Here’s Why The Speed Limit Must Be 20 MPH Everywhere
At an event on Wednesday, no one was more eloquent than the spotlight-avoiding father of the boy for whom Sammy's Law is named.
October 9, 2024
Talking Headways Podcast: Do It for the Neighborhood Part II
It's the second part of our conversation about community input and how officials respond to unforeseen outcomes.
August 17, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Do It for the Neighborhood — Part I
Let's talk about community engagement that actually works.
August 10, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: What It Takes To Be a Developer
Why people of color who try to build affordable housing face many different kinds of barriers.
May 26, 2022
BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending
On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all Washington towns and cities.
March 26, 2021
