The Aporia · Group pushes to bring driverless Waymos to NY after anti-robotaxi study falls flat

Matthew Fischetti

10 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 That’s just over 3,000 people shy of the record turnout in last year’s mayoral election and over 120,000 more votes than at the same point in 2022, the last time there was a gubernatorial election at the top of the ballot.

2026-10-28 · mixed framing · NYC early voting jumps 70% from last gubernatorial election

🔮 The Transport Workers Union of America, whose local members include roughly 40,000 city subway and bus workers toiling under an MTA contract that lapsed in May, began airing the scathing spots Friday, a day before early voting opened

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Major transit union launches ad blitz ripping Hochul as so ‘toxic’ that Dem pols are running from her

🔮 “Given the long history of antisemitism and the persecution of Jewish people, the use of this symbol in a context that may associate it with sinister or threatening imagery is particularly disturbing.

2026-10-16 · mixed framing · NYC pols call on Amazon to pull ‘demeaning’ Halloween witch animatronic with Star of David spell book

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani is threatening to sue Columbia University to open their campus gates — which have been locked for three years since the anti-Israel campus protests of 2023.

2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Mamdani threatens Columbia University with lawsuit if it won’t open gates to public

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani will be sitting in the guest seat for Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” as the West Coast-produced show heads to the Big Apple for a week-long stretch.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · Mamdani set to join ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ for NYC-broadcast on Monday

🔮 Labor and construction industry groups lashed out at Democratic Rep. Josh Riley and pushed back against his claims that two bills he pitched would bring down energy costs.

2026-09-24 · assertive framing · Unions trash Dem Rep. Josh Riley’s proposed legislation to lower utility bills

🔮 Now the nonprofit group “A Better Road Forward” is launching TV ads directed at voters and will hold informational meetings around the state, according to Politico.

2026-09-20 · assertive framing · Group pushes to bring driverless Waymos to NY after anti-robotaxi study falls flat

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani will welcome President Trump to Gracie Mansion on Monday when the commander in chief visits the Big Apple for the United Nations General Assembly.

2026-09-20 · assertive framing · Mamdani to meet with Trump at NYC’s Gracie Mansion this week

🔮 A senior adviser to Mayor Zohran Mamdani pulling in a $185,000 salary repeatedly praised “gay communism” and called for abolishing the police in deleted social media posts, a new report said.

2026-09-16 · assertive framing · Mamdani hires $185K adviser who edited ‘Pinko’ magazine and railed about abolishing police

🔮 City Hall officials broke state record-keeping rules with a secret Signal chat filled with pro-Zohran Mamdani influencers, the mayor’s top attorney seemingly admitted Friday.

2026-09-04 · assertive framing · NYC broke record-keeping rules with Mamdani’s secret influencer Signal chat, mayor’s top attorney seemingly admits

Also by Matthew Fischetti

NYC early voting jumps 70% from last gubernatorial election

2026-10-28 · New York Post

Major transit union launches ad blitz ripping Hochul as so ‘toxic’ that Dem pols are running from her

2026-10-25 · New York Post

NYC pols call on Amazon to pull ‘demeaning’ Halloween witch animatronic with Star of David spell book

2026-10-16 · New York Post

Mamdani threatens Columbia University with lawsuit if it won’t open gates to public

2026-10-02 · New York Post

Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

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Haley Brown

30 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Queens 7-train riders will have to endure another five months of detours and closures after station repairs were expanded — as the project’s price tag soared to $254 million.

2026-11-01 · mixed framing · NYC 7-line subway repairs extended 5 months as price tag soars to $254M

🔮 “I don’t think he’s gonna get fired immediately, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was eventually pushed out,” the source said.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · Trump told Hochul to fire MTA boss, but didn’t seem to care about his name: sources

🔮 The way trucks are tolled may be keeping them parked in the zone, Geotab data showed.

2026-10-28 · assertive framing · NYC drivers in congestion zone say traffic’s still terrible — and its tolls ‘are eating us alive’

🔮 The Adams administration-era redesign will work, but building owners and contractors aren’t likely to spring for better looking sheds while cheaper green plywood versions remain an option, said David Burney, a Pratt Institute associate professor and former city construction commissioner.

2026-10-26 · assertive framing · NYC’s slanted sidewalk sheds draw ridicule but expert wonders who will pay

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday the city now has red light cameras at as many intersections as state law allows.

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · NYC’s ‘Big Brother’ red light cameras up to 600 as drivers rail that bikes get free rein

🔮 Shuttle buses will replace both trains between Myrtle Avenue-Broadway in Brooklyn and Essex Street in Manhattan, and J trains will only run between Jamaica Center and Myrtle Avenue-Broadway as crews replace track switches, according to the MTA.

2026-10-16 · assertive framing · J, M riders face five weekends of commuting hell as MTA cuts Manhattan connection

🔮 Citi Bike has increased its footprint by about 11% in New York City, adding 234 stations across seven new neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · Citi Bike adds docks in new NYC areas as officials eye cheaper rides

🔮 Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that Mayor Zohran Mamdani made the right call to stick by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, despite mounting pressure from Hizzoner’s socialist comrades.

2026-10-14 · assertive framing · Hochul applauds Mamdani’s decision to stick it to the DSA and back NYPD Commish Jessica Tisch

🔮 Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s transportation boss all but declared war on drivers during an event Thursday — claiming most car owners are “wealthy” and calling parking a public land “giveaway.”

2026-10-08 · assertive framing · Mamdani’s transportation boss claims NYC drivers are ‘wealthy,’ rips parking as ‘giveaway’

🔮 “On January 1st, as governor, I will sign an executive order, New York State is no longer a sanctuary state.”

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · Bruce Blakeman vows to end NY sanctuary policies as Mike Lawler drops f-bombs in attack on Gov. Kathy Hochul

Also by Haley Brown

NYC 7-line subway repairs extended 5 months as price tag soars to $254M

2026-11-01 · New York Post

Trump told Hochul to fire MTA boss, but didn’t seem to care about his name: sources

2026-10-28 · New York Post

NYC drivers in congestion zone say traffic’s still terrible — and its tolls ‘are eating us alive’

2026-10-28 · New York Post

NYC’s slanted sidewalk sheds draw ridicule but expert wonders who will pay

2026-10-26 · New York Post

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A new nonprofit is pushing to bring driverless robotaxies like Waymo to the Empire State after a study that aimed to prove the vehicles were dangerous fell flat. asserted

vehicles → push → State

Google-owned Waymo’s pilot program for autonomous driving in the Big Apple lapsed in March, though the company’s cars are still driving around the city with a human driver behind the wheel are still patrolling the streets and gathering data. asserted

cars → own → data

Now the nonprofit group “A Better Road Forward” is launching TV ads directed at voters and will hold informational meetings around the state, according to Politico. uncertain

group → launch → Politico

“For too many New Yorkers, safe and reliable ways to get around still depend on where you live,” said former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is a part of the effort. asserted

who → get → effort

“The women and families I work with know that better than anyone — a late shift, a subway that doesn’t come, a stretch of street you don’t want to walk alone at night.” asserted

you → work → night

Companies interested in the pilot can still apply through the State DMV and city Department of Transportation. asserted

Companies → apply → Transportation

A recent report from anti-robotaxi groups had to retract a major part of their file after it improperly analyzed crash data, claiming Waymos were more dangerous than traditional taxis and ridesharing services. asserted

Waymos → have → taxis

The authors of the August report improperly compared NYC’s narrow “critical injury category” — injuries requiring life sustaining medical support in the ICU– with Waymo’s broader “serious injury” category, which includes injuries like fractures, severe cuts and other major injuries that are not necessarily life threatening. asserted

that → compare → fractures

Waymo’s reported injury crash rate was 0.712 per million miles nationwide, compared with 1.871 per million miles for New York City taxis and for-hire vehicles — about a 62% lower rate in the corrected analysis. But the second version of the report’s comparison of crashes involving deaths or serious injuries was still only based on only three Waymo-involved vehicle crashes nationwide — two in the Bay Area and one with an unspecified location. asserted

version → report → location

The report also arrived shortly after Sam Schwartz released Autokill, a fictional book about a terrorist plot involving autonomous vehicles. asserted

Schwartz → arrive → vehicles

Reps for the Sam Schwartz Transportation Research Program at Hunter College did not respond to requests for comment. asserted

Reps → respond → comment

“We’re eager to work with the administration and with leaders around that state to create a thoughtful policy framework that allows for the deployment of autonomous vehicles,” a Waymo spokesperson told The Post. asserted

spokesperson → ’re → Post

Group pushes to bring driverless Waymos to NY after anti-robotaxi study falls flat

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