EditorialQuemuel Arroyo, left, a former city official who helped introduce the first raised crosswalk in New York after seeing them in Mexico and Colombia, and Ydanis Rodriquez, the city?s new transportation commissioner, on a raised crosswalk in Manhattan?s Washington Heights neighborhood, Feb. 15, 2022. (Nicky Quamina-Woo/The New York Times)
EditorialJulie Rodriquez, director for intergovernmental affairs, attends a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, about how the pandemic is impacting hurricane preparedness. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)