It’s official: Mayor slashes speed limit on Hylan
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Speed limits will be lowered on over 45 miles of major streets across the five boroughs where the most crashes have been reported, including Hylan Boulevard. (Staten Island Avance/ Jan Somma-Hammel)
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Hylan will be lowered to 30 mph.
The new speed limits will go into effect as speed-limit signage is posted over the coming weeks, according to the city. Speed cameras located along any of these streets will be reprogrammed and drivers will be given a 60-day adjustment period after new signage is posted, the city said.
Photo Courtesy of Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office
Pols blasted the de Blasio administration this week for unceremoniously changing the Christopher Columbus Day school holiday to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on the official 2021-2022 academic calendar.
By Michael V. Cusenza
Several Italian-American lawmakers on Tuesday blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Department of Education for unceremoniously changing the Christopher Columbus Day school holiday to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” on the official 2021-2022 academic calendar.
“As two past presidents of the Conference of Italian American Legislators, we are incredibly disappointed to see how the NYC Department of Education has failed an important teachable moment,” State Sens. Joe Addabbo, Jr. (D-Howard Beach) and Diane Savino (D-Staten Island and Brooklyn) wrote in a joint statement. “Their insensitive decision to eliminate Columbus Day, which is a legal, federal holiday from their calendar and substitute
Report: Sen. Lanza to introduce bill reclaiming Columbus Day on DOE calendar
Updated May 06, 2021;
Posted May 06, 2021
Mayor Bill de Blasio was asked about the change during a press briefing on Wednesday and said the process wasn’t handled right and the change was made without input from him or Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter. (Katrina Tulloch) Katrina Tulloch | ktulloch@syrac
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. State Sen. Andrew Lanza is among a growing list of politicians upset by the city’s decision to remove Columbus Day from the Department of Education’s (DOE) calendar.
On Tuesday, the DOE released the 2021-2022 public school calendar which shows Indigenous Peoples Day on the second Monday of October, which this year falls on Oct. 11, the day that has typically been Columbus Day.
NYC schools on Tuesday removed Columbus Day from school holiday calendar
It was initially replaced with Indigenous People s Day, drawing backlash
Many of New York s Italian Americans view the Columbus holiday with pride
But the historical figure Columbus is divisive for killing and oppressing natives
Schools reversed and said will be Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People s Day
New calendar also makes Juneteenth a holiday, celebrating end of slavery in US