![]() “Then one day, someone who understood the limits of power, and the winds of change, heard me knocking and led me in.” “I have stood outside many museums and other cultural institutions-wondering how to get in,” she says. The least of them close us out and seem to exist to remind us of the power of privilege.” “Museums are meant to collect, serve, preserve, reveal and educate the best of them open their arms in welcome providing respite, deep reflection and consideration. “Almost 20 years ago, I began photographing myself standing in front of museums, wondering about their function, failures and future, and remembering the forgotten ones,” Weems says. In her remarks to guests that evening, Pasternak said, “Faced with a world shaken by inequality, division and crisis, sought to change our field, and invited hundreds of artists to join her in magnifying the potential for cultural and social change.” “Over the years, the museum has collaborated with Weems in numerous ways-from mounting exhibitions to supporting her important COVID-19 relief efforts-and we’re thrilled to highlight her remarkable achievements at this year’s Artists Ball.” “We are overjoyed to be honoring Carrie Mae Weems, an artist who has made a profound impact on our contemporary culture,” said Anne Pasternak, the Shelby White and Leon Levy Director of the Brooklyn Museum, in a news release prior to the event. (Credit: BFA, Joe Schildhorn, Ben Rosse r ) Until speed limits are lowered, traffic safety enforced, and tangible cycling infrastructure is installed cyclists continue to be especially vulnerable commuters.Carrie Mae Weems, second from right, and guests at the Brooklyn Artists Ball, presented by Dior. Sammy’s Law, NYS Senate Bill S2422, would allow “cities with populations in excess of one million people by easing restrictions so cities can establish speed limits below twenty-five miles per hour.” We demand immediate action from our leaders to keep New Yorkers safe-the City must build essential biking infrastructure and Albany must pass Sammy’s Law, to give New York City control of its own speed limits,” stated Transportation Alternatives Executive Director Danny Harris.Īction to reduce traffic speed in areas like Bedford-Stuyvesant are limited because the NYS senate controls traffic laws. Adam is the thirteenth bike rider to be killed in 2023, by far the deadliest year for bike riders under Vision Zero. “We are devastated to learn that Adam Uster-a longtime biker, community member, and TA member-was killed by a truck driver in Brooklyn. City officials and planners should be held responsible,” stated another commenter. “If someone could be on his way home from getting groceries, be crushed to death, and no one is found to be at fault, then something is wrong with how we design our streets. Paint is not infrastructure!,” tweeted one person. “Franklin Avenue has a deadly PAINT bike lane. “Traffic violence has killed 13 people riding bikes so far in 2023-by far the most by this point in any year under Vision Zero, and more than triple the average since 2014,” according to Transportation Alternatives.Īcross social media, calls for city leaders to do more continues to grow. As of Wednesday, the NYPD is still investigating the 13th cyclist death in the City for 2023 - a sixfold increase over 2022 according to city data. The driver of the flatbed truck remained at the scene but he was not arrested. ![]() ![]() ![]() Uster was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital for surgery but he did not survive. Severely injured but conscious, “he was even able to say his daughters’ names” as “his wife and paramedics arrived at the scene” according to Streetsblog. Franklin Avenue has only a paint-only, unprotected bike lane,” according to Transportation Alternatives. ![]() “This fatality occurred in Community Board 3 in Brooklyn, which has no protected bike lanes. 10 Cyclists Have Been Killed in NYC This Year. ![]()
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