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• Transportation advocates urge Mamdani to release new Vision Zero plan, expand Sammy’s law

  23-07-2026 23:45 via amny.com
  
  Transportation advocates on Thursday urged Mayor Zohran Mamdani to release a new plan for Vision Zero, the city's program to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries from traffic crashes, while unveiling new data showing a rise in traffic deaths during the first half of 2026.The advocates, with the groups Transportation Alternatives (TA) and Families for Safe Streets, also called on the administration to greatly expand its use of Sammy's Law, which allows the city to lower speed limits to 20 mi
  
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• Grounds Donut House in Throggs Neck bring their viral sweets to Food Network show

  23-07-2026 21:55 via bxtimes.com
  
  Grounds Donut House in Throggs Neck, opened in 2019, was already known and loved in the Bronx and by thousands of Instagram followers. Now, the team behind the cafe is making their TV debut on season 19 of the Food Network show, “The Great Food Truck Race," which brings them on a cross-country culinary adventure.The new season premieres July 26 at 9 p.m. with episodes streaming the next day on HBO Max.Like most entrepreneurial ventures, the story behind Grounds is one of hustle and creativ
  
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• Photos | Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson hosts Disability Pride Month celebration

  23-07-2026 21:40 via bxtimes.com
  
  Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson partnered with Disability Unite and the Bronx Disability Advisory Council to host her fourth annual Disability Pride Month celebration on Thursday, July 9, at Bronx Borough Hall.Local elected officials, advocates, service providers, city agencies and community members came together at this event to celebrate Disability Pride Month and the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).Bronx residents in attendance benefited by being able t
  
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• Mamdani panel lines up five government-efficiency measures for November ballot

  23-07-2026 19:05 via amny.com
  
  Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s answer to DOGE wants New Yorkers to change the City Charter this fall to speed up outdoor dining approvals, street safety projects, construction permitting and certain sales of city-owned land.The mayor’s Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE) released five proposed ballot questions on July 23 that would also change city contracting rules and establish a formula governing contributions to the city’s rainy day fund.Several of the measures would elimina
  
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• FIRST ON amNY: You can win replica ‘Champions Way’ Knicks parade signs at DOT Summer Streets events

  23-07-2026 13:00 via amny.com
  
  What if last month's New York Knicks championship parade never had to end?With the kickoff of its annual Summer Streets program this weekend, the city Department of Transportation is giving Knicks fanatics the chance to keep the celebratory vibes of the ticker tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes going in perpetuity.To promote the events, the agency is raffling off replicas of the "Champions Way" signs that adorned street poles along the Knicks parade route. Summer Streets participants in Manha
  
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