Polly Trottenberg Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Polly Trottenberg Announces Departure From Mayor de Blasio Administration

Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today announced her resignation from the de Blasio administration, effective in early December.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Expands Open Streets, Restaurants, Announces More Locations For Outdoor Dining And Recreation

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced four more locations for car-free outdoor dining on weekends, expanding the popular Open Streets: Restaurants program to 89 streets citywide. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio, Department Of Transportation, Lyft Celebrate 100 Millionth Citi Bike Ride

Mayor Bill de Blasio, DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and Lyft announced today that Citi Bike recently achieved its 100 millionth ride. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces Locations For Expansions Of Outdoor Dining Options From Harlem To Hollis

Mayor de Blasio today revealed the first 22 locations for the expansion of outdoor dining options under an initiative that combines two popular programs, Open Streets and Open Restaurants.Continue reading

Council Bill To Remove Roadblocks For Restaurant Outdoor Cafes From Harlem To Hollis

New Yorkers may see more outdoor cafes open in their neighborhoods when restrictions on in-person dining at city restaurants are lifted as the city rebounds from its coronavirus outbreak.Continue reading

As Daylight Saving Time Ends Mayor de Blasio Announces Return Of “Dusk And Darkness” Safety Campaign

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and NYPD officials today launched the City’s fourth annual Dusk and Darkness campaign. Continue reading

NYC Greenlights Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lanes In Harlem

The city will move forward with a plan to make safety improvements and add bike lanes to a dangerous stretch of Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem despite local community board's opposition, city officials announced Thursday.Continue reading

NYC Appoints East Harlem’s Melissa Mark-Viverito Transportation Advisory Group

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg appointed former East Harlem Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito and State Senator Michael Gianaris to the Metropolitan Transportation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup.Continue reading

Uptown Rep. Ydanis Rodriguez Responds To New Bike Safety Education Program

Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today announced that the Bike Safety Education Program will expand to every borough for the 2018-19 school year, reaching 6,000 middle school students. Continue reading

City To Raise Parking Meter Rates, Create More Zones And Reduced Rates In Harlem

NY Post reports that parking rates will soon go up citywide, and drivers who park in parts of Brooklyn and Queens may face even bigger increases with new zones, city transportation department commission Polly Trottenberg revealed on Wednesday.Continue reading

Thirteen Harlem River Bridges To Receive Upgrades

Patch reports that thirteen bridges spanning the Harlem River and connecting Harlem, Washington and Inwood to the Bronx will receive upgrades to walking and biking infrastructure, the city Department of Transportation announced Friday.Continue reading