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Hey folks, trying to earn some supportive husband points here.

My wife is hosting an event tomorrow night in DUMBO, and I’m helping her fill the last few seats.

It’s a mix of marketplace/panel/community event around sourcing better local food in NYC. Farm to People, Seasonal, Groundcycle, etc.

If that sounds interesting:
https://luma.com/e2cx7juu

(There’s also a discounted ticket option; code is in the info at the link.)

DOT is making progress on more pedestrianizations along Broadway.

Hi Everyone! A reminder that CB2's full board meeting is TODAY, Thursday, May 21st. Please come and speak in support of the new Lafayette Street bi-directional bike lane. We expect a fair amount of discussion. Thank you!      

TODAY Thursday, 5/21 @ 6:30 PM– In Person at the Gould Welcome Center at NYU, 50 West 4th Street (enter off West 4th) (Map) – and via Zoom videoconference.

Please visit CB2 Manhattan’s online calendar for agenda updates by clicking here.
To Register to attend via Zoom, please click here.

If you wish to attend in person, it will speed up entry to the meeting if you let us know you are coming by filling in your name here. 

My first 2026 video coverage (besides my months long editing of the 34th Ave documentary) since getting my shoulder replacement. Went quite well. What I was totally unprepared for: we are in a new era, hearing so many people say to me on camera "We are here to support the mayor and NYC DOT for their new plans for 72nd Street" is mind boggling!!

I mean these kinds of comments would not happen. Just didn't. Perhaps after a project was FINISHED you'd get some glowing things said. Mayor Mamdani has really changed the atmosphere and excitement and hope for the future! Great fun ride with the kiddos.

This opened up in the summer of last year and more recently the pavilion opened up as well. I didn't even know any part of the Battery Park City parks was reopened to the public. Either way it looks beautiful. You all should definitely check it out if you haven't already.

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Please come to the Vaccaro Law + Veselka Restaurant Spring Social in the East Village this Thursday, 5/14, where you’ll hear a panel discussion on “Cycling in Mamdani’s New York” with Lucia Deng, Daniel Perez, Vince Rhino, Shabazz Stuart, and me! 

Our new Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has fulfilled some of our wildest dreams with cyclist-friendly street and policy changes that promise to transform our public space. Mamdani didn’t run on a "bike platform," but was elected with the endorsement and support of StreetsPAC, the cyclists and safe-streets political action committee we formed in 2013.  Turns out, Mayor Mamdani is a decade-old commuter cyclist who has fast-tracked many bike-friendly changes in his first 100 days, including:

 fixing the dangerous and unpleasant Manhattan ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge that stood for over a decade as a symbol of the City's disregard for cyclists;

calling off the heavy-handed Adams-Tisch policy of criminalizing biking tickets, an unfair policy that threatened cyclists with dire consequences for traffic violations not faced by drivers, and necessitated a major pro-bono effort to help cyclists sent to criminal court for traffic violations; and

implementing Sammy's Law to create 15 MPH speed zones around all our schools to be enforced with cameras and speed governor devices (fingers crossed) under the Stop Super-Speeders Act.

At the same time, there are some reasons for cyclists to be critical of the Mamdani administration, that will merit discussion this Thursday:

his administration apparently still supports a 15 MPH speed limit on non-motorized, pedal cyclists and perhaps citywide, even though our road cycling and and racing communities won a temporary restraining order against that measure;

while the Mayor lifted the criminal court diversion program against cyclists, we've not yet seen follow-through on his accompanying and welcome commitment to regulate delivery cyclists in a non-punitive way that's fair and ensures the safety of all;  

the administration dropped the ball on secure bike parking with a surprise and opaque decision to reject the most experienced vendor favored by the biking community, Oonee.

Join us and the discussion this Thursday!