sidewalks

The sanitation department has issued 2,000 summonses to landlords and business owners for failing to clear sidewalks.

Alternate side parking is suspended for continued snow removal and 600 workers are working to clear pedestrian areas and bike lanes.

Thanks to a new interactive map, we don't have to rely on anecdotal evidence about how much of the city lacks the sidewalk space to properly socially distance—we now have some very concrete data.

And close two Broadway blocks to cars for two-and-a-half months this summer.

Pedestrians and disabled New Yorkers are struggling to get around in this mess.

This week's question comes from a Park Slope resident who feels weird whenever he gets stuck behind some waddling clods blocking the sidewalk.

Stop the 'spread.

"My constituents were sick and tired of walking down the street and slipping and falling because some obnoxious homeowner has decided that they're exempt from cleaning their ice."

The DOT presented their plan for a sidewalk bike lane in Tribeca at a CB1 meeting yesterday, and they were promptly rejected.

The Softwalks people are hoping to raise money to fund their pilot project, which would bring seats, planters, and more to sidewalks with sheds.