The city Department of Transportation says it is expanding the number from 10 days last year to 16 this year. The governor’s bill-signings came after Newsom vetoed a bill on Friday that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child’s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. NEW YORK (WABC) - New York City is increasing its number of Gridlock Alert days. A judge halted the policy after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District. The law was spurred by a Southern California school district that instituted a policy requiring schools to tell parents when their children change their pronouns or use a bathroom of a gender other than the one listed on their official paperwork. The governor also signed legislation that requires schools serving first through 12th grade to have at least one gender-neutral bathroom available for students by 2026. “These measures will help protect vulnerable youth, promote acceptance, and create more supportive environments in our schools and communities.” And, finally, Streetsblog's Dave Colon led the inter-office battle for most write-in votes for mayor.“California is proud to have some of the most robust laws in the nation when it comes to protecting and supporting our LGBTQ+ community, and we’re committed to the ongoing work to create safer, more inclusive spaces for all Californians,” Newsom said in a statement.Please remember that our December donation drive kicks off today.(That said, our old man editor, who made the plunge back when years still had two zeroes in them, was berating the younger members of the Streetsblog staff who have failed to swim on New Year's Day.) the same story that the paper could have written literally every year since the turn of the last century. 1 Polar Bear Club plunge into the frigid waters off Coney Island. Speaking of community newspapers, the Brooklyn Paper did the ultimate dog-bites-man story, previewing the annual Jan. Believe it or not, the Times did a preview of tonight's tree lighting, which read a little bit like a community newspaper story run through a thesaurus.Where are we on the whole propane heater debate? ( Gothamist).Overtime reform is apparently failing at the MTA.A judge cleared the way for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project to move forward.In other news from a day so slow that we took a long lunch and got back to our desks to find that the only pink, "While You Were Away" note was from our accountant: It's probably safe to say he's not thinking about it at this point.) (Reminder: Reporters have been asking Mayor de Blasio about mandatory, gridlock-busting HOV lanes on city bridges, but all he ever says is that he's "thinking" about it. ROCKEFELLER TREE LIGHTING CERMONYManhattan: At the discretion of NYPDLocation:46th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue47th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue48th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue49th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue50th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue51st Street between 5th Avenue and 6th AvenueRockefeller Plaza between 48th Street and 51st Street6th Avenue between 46th Street and 52nd Street5th Avenue between 46th Street and 52nd Street Closure: At the discretion of NYPD We got an email last week from the NYPD entitled (ominously), "HOLIDAY SEASON GRIDLOCK ALERT UNTIL JANUARY 2, 2022." The email made it clear that the majority of New Yorkers would be forced to be inconvenienced by the minority that choose to congest our roadways - and the epicenter of the carnage would be today for the lighting of the evergreen at 30 Rock, according to the NYPD email: It's the first Wednesday of December, which means we've entered "Gridlock Alert Month," which is another way of saying the de Blasio administration has surrendered to car drivers who believe unfettered auto access to every inch of the city, no matter the needs of any other resident, is a birthright. So please click this link or the icon above.
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