Sophia Lebowitz
@sophlebo.bsky.social
Reporter @ Streetsblog NYC Email: sophia@streetsblog.org, Signal: sophialebowitz.14 I also make documentaries: https://www.sophialebowitz.com/film
Amazon is threatening to yank its fleet of e-cargo delivery bikes over the Council's bill that would allow workers to unionize, @sophlebo.bsky.social reports nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/09/14/d...
Amazon's Latest Anti-Union Push Endangers Workers, NYC Streets - Streetsblog New York City
Amazon is constantly touting its e-quad deliveries — but now the company is threatening to pull its bikes off the streets if it can't get its way.
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Nine people were killed by hit-and-run drivers in August. buff.ly/NfLzOr8
Nine People Were Killed By Hit-And-Run Drivers In August - Streetsblog New York City
The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked ... and was taken before she died.
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My esteemed colleague Dave Colon was suspended from Bluesky, please see his official review of the @council.nyc.gov street renamings in honor of the New York Knicks.
NEW: Best friend of cyclist who was killed on the Queensboro Bridge in a collision with someone on an illegal e-scooter (who also died) demands action from the city to curb the illegal vehicles and implement better street design.
Dead Cyclist's Best Friend Demands Action Against Illegal Vehicles on City Streets
The best friend of Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in a head-on collision with an illegal scooter-rider on the Queensboro Bridge, is calling on the city to do more.
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"It’s not like better street design is some kind of mystery," says the best friend of the cyclist who was killed in a crash with an illegal scooter rider on the Queensboro Bridge -- via @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/15/d...
Dead Cyclist's Best Friend Demands Action Against Illegal Vehicles on City Streets
The best friend of Dmytro Stechenko, who was killed in a head-on collision with an illegal scooter-rider on the Queensboro Bridge, is calling on the city to do more.
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A no-brainer!
Streetsblog NYC@nyc.streetsblog.org · 5mo agoThe 137-year-old wooden bridge over the Gowanus Canal has been closed for repairs since 2021. And now that the Carroll Street Bridge restoration is nearly complete, there's a rare opportunity to pedestrianize the historic landmark in a rapidly-changing community. youtube.com/shorts/_hN6a...
New York City's 80,000 delivery workers finally have a hub to rest and charge their e-bikes. But who's ultimately responsible for providing this much-needed infrastructure: the City, or the companies that send them out on the streets? @sophlebo.bsky.social reports: youtube.com/shorts/WztLC...
NYC's First Delivery Worker Comfort Station Opens #grubhub #ubereats #doordash #nyc #news
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Mayor Mamdani has yet to earmark funding for DSNY's burgeoning waste containerization program, after former Mayor Adams failed to dedicate money beyond a pilot program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/02/t...
Trash Containerization Program Remains Unfunded in Mamdani's City Budget - Streetsblog New York City
Whither the "Trash Revolution?"
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banger report from @sophlebo.bsky.social in @nyc.streetsblog.org about how GrubHub, the "worker-friendly" delivery app, used a loophole to avoid paying its drivers the required min wage in the months before it was bought by Wonder nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/m...
Grubhub 'Outsourced' Delivery Work To Skirt Minimum Wage
Internal documents show that Grubhub, a delivery app owned by Wonder, subcontracted labor to lower paid workers to save money.
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Wonder, which owns Grubhub, also recently acquired Relay — which is being shut down on April 1 by their parent company. @sophlebo.bsky.social joined a Relay courier for a shift earlier this year... before they needed to find a new way to make ends meet. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/o...
A Night On The Road With A Relay Delivery Worker
Delivery workers are among the hardest-working, worst-paid, most-endangered jobbers in town. We rode with one to give you an idea.
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Went on a ride along with a Relay worker back in February, a lot of what I noticed then led me to the investigation into the subcontracting. The story explains how hard it is for delivery workers to understand how they are getting paid. Relay shuts down its New York operations tomorrow.
A Night On The Road With A Relay Delivery Worker
Delivery workers are among the hardest-working, worst-paid, most-endangered jobbers in town. We rode with one to give you an idea.
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"Grubhub, which also owns and operates Seamless, 'outsourced' to Relay, another delivery platform, 'to stem elevated driver pay costs,'" reports @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/m...
Grubhub 'Outsourced' Delivery Work To Skirt Minimum Wage
Internal documents show that Grubhub, a delivery app owned by Wonder, subcontracted labor to lower paid workers to save money.
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Good piece from @sophlebo.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org -- something worth thinking about the next time you order food for delivery nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/31/o...
A Night On The Road With A Relay Delivery Worker
Delivery workers are among the hardest-working, worst-paid, most-endangered jobbers in town. We rode with one to give you an idea.
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NEW: Grubhub subcontracted deliveriers to Relay in order to avoid paying workers the city's minimum pay standard for all of its orders.
Grubhub 'Outsourced' Delivery Work To Skirt Minimum Wage
Internal documents show that Grubhub, a delivery app owned by Wonder, subcontracted labor to lower paid workers to save money.
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I took a Citibike on Friday and can personally confirm that this dumpster pushed me out into rush hour traffic on Bedford
emily lipstein@emilylip.bsky.social · 6mo agohalf of the G is down this morning, meaning that commuters can either take the shuttle bus, or ride a bike to north brooklyn up an unprotected, dangerous Bedford Avenue here’s a DSNY bin in the unprotected bike lane at Willoughby
11th Street in the East Village has become an informal hub for delivery workers, who store their bikes there to avoid theft. Advocates are pushing back against the NY Post's negative coverage and the Mamdani administration is taking a more constructive approach to dealing with complaints.
THE SHIFT: Mamdani Calls In DSNY — Not NYPD — After Anti-Muslim Delivery Worker Hysteria From The NY Post - Streetsblog New York City
The New York Post has provoked several NYPD raids on a delivery worker hangout spot in the East Village — until now.
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BREAKING: Mayor Mamdani is ending the Adams/Tisch-era policy of slapping cyclists and e-bike riders with criminal summonses for low-level traffic offenses. -- with @sophlebo.bsky.social nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/18/m...
Mamdani Ends NYPD's Criminal Crackdown on Cyclists, E-Bike Riders
Mayor Zohran Mamdani finally makes good on his campaign promise to end the punitive criminal crackdown on cycling in NYC.
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Why isn't the mayor moving more quickly to implement 'Sammy's Law' across New York City, and only starting with streets in front of schools? Streetsblog's @sophlebo.bsky.social asked at today's press conference — here's what Mayor Mamdani had to say. youtube.com/shorts/dpNLz...
Mayor Mamdani will reduce speed limits to 15mph in front of 800 more NYC schools #nyc #safety
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State legislators cut Gov. Hochul's controversial auto insurance deregulation from their budget proposals. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/03/10/b...
BREAKING: State Lawmakers Cut Hochul's Car Insurance Scheme From Their Budget - Streetsblog New York City
The Uber-backed plan to lower car insurance rates has drawn criticism from legal professionals, crash victim advocates and state pols who say the legislative changes would strip crash victims of right...
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NEW: HungryPanda delivery workers share how the company hires dispatchers to pressure them into working during extreme and dangerous weather.
HungryPanda Pressured Delivery Workers in Dangerous Blizzard, Workers Say - Streetsblog New York City
Chinese food delivery app HungryPanda pressured New York City workers to make dangerous bike deliveries in a blizzard, according to one account.
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"We believe he's going to do the best things ... not only for delivery workers, but for all New Yorkers." @sophlebo.bsky.social spoke to the delivery workers who broke their fast with @mayor.nyc.gov on Monday night. youtube.com/shorts/I2OcK...
Mayor Zohran Mamdani breaks fast with delivery workers #nyc #ramadan #delivery #deliverydriver
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Council Member Joann Ariola is holding an oversight hearing on the impact of her legislation requiring DOT to notify not only FDNY HQ but also the local firehouses for any street redesign/open street that is more than three blocks long
Streetsblog New York City is hiring a law enforcement reporter! More details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
New!!! The New York Cycle Club sued the city over the 15 mile per hour Central Park speed limit.
Cycle Club Sues City, Calling Central Park Bike Speed Limit A 'Real Threat' To Active Transportation - Streetsblog New York City
The New York Cycle Club filed a lawsuit against the city alleging it overstepped with 15 mile per hour speed limit in Central Park.
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NEW: Relay, a business to business delivery app, is shutting down operations in NYC, leaving all its workers without jobs starting April 1.
Relay — The Delivery App You Didn't Know You Were Using — Pulls Out As NYC Ramps Up Worker Protections - Streetsblog New York City
Relay is shutting down operations in New York City, leaving thousands of workers without jobs.
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Catch @sophlebo.bsky.social and Neile Weissman break down the Central Park 15mph speed limit. www.wnyc.org/story/slowin...
Slowing Down Cyclists in Central Park | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
There will be a 15 mile-per-hour speed limit for all vehicles on Central Park Drive, including bikes and e-bikes. How the city will it, plus an argument against the rule change.
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Listen to @sophlebo.bsky.social and Neile Weissman discuss the Central Park 15mph speed limit on the Brian Lehrer Show: www.wnyc.org
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