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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Mayor de Blasio told reporters he intends to win the 2020 presidential election. According to a new poll, he might want to tell some voters too, and fast. In the first poll since New York City’s mayor announced his candidacy for the White House, just eight percent of those surveyed had a favorable opinion of hizzoner. The…

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson is putting his legislative muscle where his mouth is. Three months after he proposed a five-year plan to prioritize people who walk, bike, and take mass transit over people in motor vehicles, Johnson is set to introduce legislation next week requiring city officials to build 150 miles of dedicated bus lanes…

In this futuristic rendering, a sandbag snake protects against the flood. (Office of Emergency Management) Turns out sea levels may be on track to rise by more than double the unsettling figure climate scientists previously projected, and all within a century. A new study, released Monday, predicts a rise of 6.6 feet by 2100, if…

Earlier this month, Streetsblog Chicago reported that then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel planned to depart on a 1,000-mile trip around Lake Michigan on the day after left he left office to make room for mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot. (He didn’t run for reelection this year.) “I’ve never found the time with all the other things that are my…