Dec 10 - Intro 1138 would clear parked cars from intersections to restore sight-lines. Sponsors say it "protects children." Outgoing Speaker Adrienne Adams moved to block a Council vote, leaving turning conflicts that raise crash risk for pedestrians and cyclists.

""That’s why we’re fighting to pass Intro 1138, a bill in the City Council that would daylight every intersection in New York City."" -- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Bill: Intro 1138. Status: reported blocked from a Council vote by outgoing Speaker Adrienne Adams. Committee review: none listed. Key date: essay and endorsement published 2025-12-10. The matter bore the title "The Children of New York City Deserve Universal Daylighting" and was authored by sponsors Selvena Brooks-Powers and Julie Won. They pushed to daylight intersections and require DOT to daylight 1,000 intersections per year. Streetsblog reported Adams will block the Council from voting. Daylighting improves sight lines and reduces turning conflicts, lowering crash risk for pedestrians and cyclists. Reclaiming curb space can calm speeds and support safer walking and biking citywide.

• The Children of New York City Deserve Universal Daylighting, Streetsblog NYC, Published 2025-12-10

Dec 10 - Brooklyn College president urges the MTA to build the IBX. The 14‑mile elevated line links Brooklyn and Queens. It shifts trips from cars to transit, cuts crash exposure, and strengthens walking and cycling access for vulnerable road users.

""For our students and those across CUNY, it's not just a train. It's a lifeline."," -- Khaleel Anderson

This is an opinion piece, not a bill. No bill number or council committee applies. Published Dec. 10, 2025 by City & State NY. Matter quoted: "The IBX is a lifeline for Brooklyn College, CUNY and New York City." Authored by Brooklyn College president Michelle Anderson, who urges the MTA to move forward with the IBX. No council members, sponsors, or votes are named. The IBX is a 14‑mile elevated rail line connecting Bay Ridge and Jackson Heights. Safety analysis notes the project will promote mode shift from driving to high‑capacity transit, reduce vehicle miles traveled and crash exposure, and strengthen first/last‑mile walking and cycling, boosting safety‑in‑numbers and street equity for pedestrians and cyclists.

• Opinion: The IBX is a lifeline for Brooklyn College, CUNY and New York City - City, City & State NY, Published 2025-12-10

• Family heartbroken after deadly Queens moped crash: "My Christmases will never be the same.", CBS New York, Published 2025-12-07

Dec 4 - Bill creates curbside overnight parking in industrial business zones exclusively for low- and zero-emission commercial vehicles. DOT must notify community boards and council, run outreach, and publish annual reports. The law sunsets July 1, 2030.

"the department shall establish a program to implement a curbside overnight parking area for the exclusive use of commercial vehicles" -- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Int. 1494 is before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Status: Committee. Intro and referral dates: December 4, 2025 (agenda times 1:25–1:30 p.m.). The matter quotes its aim as "Creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones." Council Member Selvena N. Brooks‑Powers is the sponsor. The council referred the bill to committee on December 4, 2025; votes are recorded as events but show no final passage yet. The bill requires DOT notice, outreach, and annual reporting and expires July 1, 2030. No safety impact assessment or note was provided with this filing.

• File Int 1494-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-12-04

Dec 4 - Bill creates curbside overnight parking in industrial business zones exclusively for low- and zero-emission commercial vehicles. DOT must notify community boards and council, run outreach, and publish annual reports. The law sunsets July 1, 2030.

"the department shall establish a program to implement a curbside overnight parking area for the exclusive use of commercial vehicles" -- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Int. 1494 is before the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Status: Committee. Intro and referral dates: December 4, 2025 (agenda times 1:25–1:30 p.m.). The matter quotes its aim as "Creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones." Council Member Selvena N. Brooks‑Powers is the sponsor. The council referred the bill to committee on December 4, 2025; votes are recorded as events but show no final passage yet. The bill requires DOT notice, outreach, and annual reporting and expires July 1, 2030. No safety impact assessment or note was provided with this filing.

• File Int 1494-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-12-04

Dec 4 - Int. 1494 creates curbside overnight parking in industrial business zones reserved for low‑ and zero‑emission commercial vehicles. DOT must notify community boards and council members and publish annual reports. No safety analysis provided.

"the department shall establish a program to implement a curbside overnight parking area for the exclusive use of commercial vehicles within each industrial business zone where the department determines such a program is feasible." -- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers

Int. 1494 (introduced Dec. 4, 2025) is in Committee. It was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on December 4, 2025, with a first vote scheduled that day. The measure quotes its purpose as 'A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones and to provide for the repeal thereof.' Council Member Selvena N. Brooks‑Powers is the sponsor and authored the quoted language. The bill requires DOT to create and sign overnight curbside spaces for low/zero emission commercial vehicles, notify local boards, and report annually. No safety impact note or analysis was provided to assess effects on pedestrians, cyclists, or nearby residents.

• File Int 1494-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-12-04

Dec 4 - Int. 1494 creates curbside overnight parking in industrial business zones reserved for low‑ and zero‑emission commercial vehicles. DOT must notify community boards and council members and publish annual reports. No safety analysis provided.

Int. 1494 (introduced Dec. 4, 2025) is in Committee. It was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on December 4, 2025, with a first vote scheduled that day. The measure quotes its purpose as 'A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation of curbside overnight parking for low and zero emission commercial vehicles in industrial business zones and to provide for the repeal thereof.' Council Member Selvena N. Brooks‑Powers is the sponsor and authored the quoted language. The bill requires DOT to create and sign overnight curbside spaces for low/zero emission commercial vehicles, notify local boards, and report annually. No safety impact note or analysis was provided to assess effects on pedestrians, cyclists, or nearby residents.

• File Int 1494-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-12-04

Dec 3 - Officials unveiled NYC's 2026 snow plan in Queens. Crews, plows and brine will hit streets for a 5-7 inch storm. Sidewalks and bike lanes lacked explicit guarantees. Pedestrians and cyclists face the first risk.

Not a bill. No committee. Meeting held Dec. 1; story published Dec. 3, 2025. Matter quoted: "NYC snow preparedness plans for 2026 unveiled during Queens borough meeting." Borough President Donovan J. Richards hosted. Antonio Whitaker, assistant director at DSNY, presented the borough's winter preparedness plans for fiscal year 2026. Officials touted more plows, brine application, Bladerunner tracking and coordination with DOT, MTA and parks. General snow-removal preparedness may aid overall mobility, but without explicit commitments to clear sidewalks, crosswalks, and bike lanes, operations often prioritize car lanes and can hinder pedestrian and cyclist safety.

• NYC snow preparedness plans for 2026 unveiled during Queens borough meeting, AMNY, Published 2025-12-03

• NYPD needs to quash violent car-meetup ‘street takeovers’ IMMEDIATELY, New York Post, Published 2025-11-24

Nov 12 - Int 1457 would bar autonomous taxis until the Taxi and Limousine Commission creates a license. It keeps human drivers in cabs for now and forces rules on safety standards, insurance, trip reporting and medallion issuance. No safety impact note provided.

Bill Int 1457 is in Committee (Transportation and Infrastructure). Intro and agenda date: 2025-11-12; first vote listed 2025-11-12 13:25. It is titled: "A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the licensing and use of autonomous vehicles as taxis." Sponsored by Council Members Justin Brannan, Gale Brewer (primary), Selvena Brooks‑Powers, Mercedes Narcisse and Frank Morano. The bill bars licensing autonomous vehicles for hire until the Taxi and Limousine Commission establishes a specific autonomous‑taxi license and promulgates rules. It mandates safety standards, insurance, trip and revenue reporting, medallion issuance rules and vehicle standards. No safety impact note or analyst assessment was provided.

• File Int 1457-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-11-12

Oct 29 - Int 1439-2025 orders NYPD to post at least one school crossing guard at every K–8 public and private school by Sept. 1, 2026. It pins children’s street crossings to police deployment at every school door.

Bill: Int 1439-2025. Status: Committee. Referred to Committee on Public Safety on Oct. 29, 2025; agenda and intro date Oct. 29, 2025; first votes recorded Oct. 29, 2025 (1:25–1:30 p.m.). The matter title: "A Local Law to amend the administrative code... requiring a school crossing guard at each school enrolling students in kindergarten through eighth grade." The text states: "No later than September 1, 2026, the commissioner shall assign at least 1 school crossing guard to each public and private school..." Sponsored by Council Member Farah N. Louis with nine co-sponsors (Vernikov, Marte, Zhuang, Brooks-Powers, De La Rosa, Ung, Feliz, Stevens, Morano). The bill would require NYPD deployment of at least one crossing guard at every K–8 school citywide by the Sept. 1, 2026 deadline.

• File Int 1439-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-10-29

• File Int 1439-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-10-29

• Two pedestrians struck, one fatally, in chain-reaction Queens crash, NY Daily News, Published 2025-09-21

Sep 19 - A driver in a sedan sped west on Nassau Expressway in Queens and changed lanes. The driver hit a 44-year-old woman working in the roadway. She died. Police recorded unsafe speed and traffic control disregarded by the driver. The unlicensed driver was hurt.

On Nassau Expressway in Queens, a westbound driver changing lanes in a 2018 Infiniti sedan hit a 44-year-old woman working in the roadway outside an intersection. She died. The 25-year-old male driver was injured. According to the police report, officers recorded 'Unsafe Speed' and 'Traffic Control Disregarded' by the driver. Police also noted the driver was unlicensed, and the point of impact was the left front bumper. The car was registered in Connecticut; the driver’s license jurisdiction was Florida. The report lists the pedestrian’s location as 'Pedestrian/Bicyclist/Other Pedestrian Not at Intersection.'

• Motor Vehicle Collisions – CrashID 4843654 - Crashes, Persons, Vehicles , NYC Open Data, Accessed 2025-12-14

• 2 children struck by driver in Queens, CBS New York, Published 2025-09-15

• Driver charged with murder, DWI in Queens crash that killed teenager, CBS New York, Published 2025-09-14

• 16-year-old girl dies after being hit by SUV in Queens, CBS New York, Published 2025-09-13

Sep 7 - 4 a.m. on International Airport Center BLV near EASTERN RD. A Nissan sedan eastbound. The driver crashed. Center‑front damage. The 21‑year‑old driver was hurt. Two 47‑year‑old passengers listed with unspecified injuries.

A crash involved a Nissan sedan on INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CENTER BLV with an off‑street reference to EASTERN RD at 4:00 a.m. The driver headed east. He crashed and was injured. Two 47‑year‑old female passengers were recorded with unspecified injury status. According to the police report, the driver was going straight ahead before impact, the point of impact and damage were at the center front end, and contributing factors were recorded as Unspecified. The sedan was registered in New York, and the driver held a valid New York license. No other vehicles are listed in the crash file.

• Motor Vehicle Collisions – CrashID 4841038 - Crashes, Persons, Vehicles , NYC Open Data, Accessed 2025-12-14

• Whitestone man killed after crashing into Mini Copper, two other vehicles: NYPD, amny, Published 2025-09-05

Aug 14 - Int 1347-2025 orders TLC, NYPD and DOT to use a compliance checklist and levy maximum fines on unlicensed commuter vans. Punitive enforcement may cut informal transit, push riders to cars and ride‑hail, and raise vehicle volumes that endanger pedestrians and cyclists.

Bill: Int 1347-2025. Status: Sponsorship; sits in the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Introduced and referred August 14, 2025. The matter: "A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to enforcing violations against unlicensed commuter vans." Primary sponsor Nantasha M. Williams; co-sponsors Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Mercedes Narcisse, and Chris Banks. The law orders TLC, with NYPD and DOT, to maintain a checklist and requires officers to issue maximum fines for each violation. It takes effect 120 days after enactment. A safety assessment warns this punitive approach may reduce informal transit in underserved areas, shift trips to private cars and ride‑hail, and increase traffic volumes that endanger pedestrians and cyclists; it adds policing without system-wide safety gains.

• File Int 1347-2025, NYC Council – Legistar, Published 2025-08-14