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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · 1d

Syracuse’s Vision Zero plan is at a pivot point - read about the “Blurry Vision” in my latest for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/13/s...

Syracuse Struggles to Unify for Street Safety - Streetsblog New York City

A decade-old effort to pass a Vision Zero plan and tap into a pot of federal money that may be drying up has stalled in Syracuse — and everyone is finger-pointing.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · 18d

My new LITNYC podcast with Harry Siegel @thecity.nyc just dropped, featuring @jonathanmahler.bsky.social on his page-turning The Gods of New York about NYC in the 80s: the characters, the tabloids, the crime, and the activism. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

Episode 444: ‘The Power of the Tabloids’

Podcast Episode · FAQ NYC · 09/26/2025 · 41m

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Luisa Inez Newton @luisainez.bsky.social · Dec 15

Ladies (and men who love women), brush up on “The Man Who Hated Women (Amy Sohn) about the Comstock Act. This is especially for Texans under Ken Paxton’s misogynistic insanity.

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‘The Man Who Hated Women’ Is Mostly About the Women He Hated (Published 2021)

Amy Sohn’s new book is about a 19th-century moral crusader and the women whose work he targeted, including the suffragist Victoria C. Woodhull, the anarchist Emma Goldman and the birth control activis...

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Jul 2

A new Albany mayor could change the way state lawmakers think about streets - read my story about @dorceyformayor.bsky.social
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Incoming Albany Mayor Could Help Safe Streets Movement Statewide - Streetsblog New York City

The state capital is built for the car and that is how it is experienced by our lawmakers. But could that change under a new mayor? Here's hoping.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Jun 25

For the first time in @nyc.streetsblog.org history we are members of the NYS Legislative Correspondents Association. Thanks to hand model Nick Reisman and videographer @eliseklinenews.bsky.social

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Jun 13

My latest for @thefireorg.bsky.social is about Wilson and Hoover’s deportation of radical immigrants like Emma Goldman for antiwar beliefs. Emma was one of very few women on the “Red Ark.” www.thefire.org/research-lea...

The Deported: Emma Goldman and activist persecution under the 1917 Espionage Act

More than 100 years ago, the government targeted an anti-war activist and publisher for speaking out against the draft and removed her from the country. Her name was Emma Goldman.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Jun 11

My latest breaking story for @nyc.streetsblog.org on the watering-down of a bill to stop recidivist speeding:

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · Jun 11

Instead of a bill that would slow down more than 150,000 drivers in New York City alone, the amended bill would cover fewer than 18,000.

State Senate Guts 'Super Speeder Bill' To Protect Reckless Drivers - Streetsblog New York City

Under cloak of darkness, the state Senate helped more than 130,000 reckless drivers avoid accountability.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 30

In today’s Capitol Idea @nyc.streetsblog.org I interviewed a Staten Island pol, Sam Pirozzolo, who thinks e-bikes should have licenses. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/29/r...

'RIDERS' on the Storm: Assembly Kills E-Bike Registration Bid - Streetsblog New York City

E-bike advocates dodged a bullet in the state legislature — but a fusillade is expected anyway. Plus Amy's Albany Addenda!

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 19

I made another new friend in Albany, and he knows the region well. AM Phil Steck believes car drivers should give bikes 3 feet when passing them. He is also a fan of Max Weber. Who knew? nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/19/s...

Sohn in Albany: State Bill to Force Drivers to Pass Safely Stalls - Streetsblog New York City

Apparently, New York City is just too unsafe for legislation forbidding drivers to pass cyclists too closely.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 16

I got up close and personal with Suffolk County Senator Tony Palumbo in Streetsblog: nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/16/h...

How One Anti-Gov't Republican Signed onto a Street Safety Bill to Rein in Reckless Drivers - Streetsblog New York City

State Sen. Anthony Palumbo went from "government overreach" to reaching across the aisle in a single day.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 13

The first of this session’s 17 anti-congestion pricing bills to make it to the NY Senate Transportation committee was defeated. @nyc.streetsblog.org

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 13

Today at noon in Albany the first of 17 bills to eliminate or weaken congestion pricing is being voted on by the Senate Transportation Committee. Read my @nyc.streetsblog.org article to understand the inside baseball of what may happen . nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/13/h...

How the Sausage Gets Made: Republicans Force Meaningless Vote on Congestion Pricing Repeal - Streetsblog New York City

... And will the Idaho Stop become a victim of the current bikelash? It's all in today's Capitol Idea by Amy Sohn.

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · May 9

In February, the Adams administration leaked a draft bill to the press which would have completely overhauled the app delivery industry.

But that "bill" is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams's desk.

That “bill” is still sitting on Speaker Adrienne Adams’s desk. Avilés said it has been challenging to work with the Adams administration on large policy changes because of a lack of communication.

“There hasn't been, through my recollection, any concerted effort to move things,” said Avilés. “This has been our constant challenge with the administration. They're not earnest and serious about really tackling issues. They just want to do showtime at the Apollo, and it creates conflict. We should be working together to address the street conditions in a way that's coherent, in a way that is helpful and equitable and not that criminalizes people.”

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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · May 9

"People think, okay this is America, there's due process for everything. But lately, the track record shows that sometimes there is not [due process] and there's nothing that people can do about it. [Delivery workers] are afraid of being that exception. They are afraid." buff.ly/ZT5PuXN

NYPD's Push To Criminalize Cycling Spells Trouble For Immigrant Workers - Streetsblog New York City

Safety for the community? Great. But aren't delivery workers part of the community, too?

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 9

The state's $254-million budget passed - the latest in 15 years. Three street safety bills proposed by Gov. Hochul got axed by Senate and Assembly Democrats. In my "Capitol Idea" column for Streetsblog NYC I break down what they would have done and what's next.
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Live from Albany: Hochul's 'Safety' Measures Stripped from Budget - Streetsblog New York City

Lawmakers dropped three initiatives that Gov. Hochul said would have made roadways safer (though, as we'll see, that's very much in question). Let's review them.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 9

My second piece for Streetsblog is up! These guys. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/08/b...

Budget Passes in Albany, But First, GOP Whines About Congestion Pricing - Streetsblog New York City

State legislators from the suburbs are sore losers when it comes to congestion pricing. But on the plus side, the budget has started passing.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 8

These are my new colleagues - shown here with some other guy, at left, who photobombed my pic. They are tough and dedicated and kind.

Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 7

Albany lawmakers want teen Citi Bike users to wear helmets - from my first article for @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/05/07/t...

Teen Helmet Mandate for E-Citi Bikes? Albany Lawmakers are Up to No Good Again - Streetsblog New York City

Lawmakers want to require some Citi Bike users to wear helmets — a mandate that studies have shown can dramatically reduce ridership. Plus other news from the State Capitol.

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · May 5

It's my first day as Streetsblog's Albany Reporter! This is an unprecedented moment for transit, street safety, and basic livability and readers need to know what they can and can't expect from their leaders. I got Alfred Smith above my head and Hugh Carey to my right.

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Jonathan Berk 🏠 @berkie1.bsky.social · May 2

"In 2020, [Portland, OR] approved building [middle housing] on lots zoned for single family homes... A new report from the City says, it's working. 1,400 new units built in just a few years and each one is $300,000 less expensive than a typical single family home." @nbcnews.com

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Apr 30

What a time it was …

Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Apr 14

You had to be there! Jaime Clarke asked me what I remember about KGB, where I’ve spent dozens of pleasant evenings over more than 20 years, and I wrote this: brooklynrail.org/2025/04/book...

You Had to Be There (And Can Be!) | The Brooklyn Rail

While KGB Bar was like a second home to me in the late 1990s. My fellow Bennington MFA alum David Ryan and I faithfully attended the weekly fiction reading series, just showing up without even knowing...

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Amy Sohn @amysohn.bsky.social · Nov 21

I am reading American Midnight, Origins of Totalitarianism, Collected Stories of Isaac Babel.

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