A weekly roundup of good deeds, missteps, heroic feats and epic failures in the tri-state region and beyond.

WINNERS

New Jersey State Senators Stephen Sweeney and Loretta Weinberg — Senators Sweeney and Weinberg are criticizing the Port Authority’s $400 million plans to revamp the entrance to LaGuardia Airport, saying the agency should instead “focus on finding funding for the new Gateway rail tunnel and rehabilitation and expansion of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.”

New York State Assemblyman Jim Brennan — In a letter co-signed by more than 30 Assemblymembers and Senators, the Chair of the Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions called on Governor Cuomo to fully fund the MTA’s Capital Program.

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand — With more than one-third of New York bridges in need of repair and half of them locally-owned, Senator Gillibrand introduced legislation that would increase federal funding for local bridge repairs.

New York City Councilmember Dan Garodnick and East Side commuters — The City Council unanimously approved SL Green’s plans for Midtown East development in exchange for $220 million in transit infrastructure investment, which is expected to provide some relief for 4, 5 and 6 train riders.

NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission — The TLC has launched a Vision Zero pilot “black box” safety program in 10 of its vehicles (soon to be 40), which will monitor dangerous behavior and potentially improve crash reporting.

Bridgeport commuters — The State will fund a new pedestrian bridge over Ash Creek to link the Black Rock business district to the Fairfield Metro train station.

LOSERS

New York City Councilmembers David Greenfield and Mark Treyger — Greenfield — who co-sponsored the Council Resolution urging the state legislature to allow NYC to lower its speed limit to 25 mph — and Treyger are calling for the speed limit on a Vision Zero priority corridor to be increased to 30 mph, saying the lower speed limit does “more harm than good for our neighborhoods” by exacerbating congestion.

NYPD — New York’s finest denied another FOIL request for details regarding a pedestrian fatality involving an on-duty officer, referred to an incident in which a driver managed to flip his car in a residential slow zone as “just a vehicle accident,” and are slacking on dangerous driving enforcement in a high-risk Brooklyn neighborhood.

New York State Government — Voters have lost hope in their leaders’ ability to conquer corruption in the capitol, with 55 percent of participants in a recent poll feeling that all current legislators should be voted out of office “so new officials can start with a clean slate.”

MTA — New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco, who guided the massive transit system through events like Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, is retiring this year.

Rockaway Beach bicyclists — The first stretch of a multi-million dollar boardwalk was unveiled without designated bike lane markers, prompting Parks Enforcement Officers to reprimand riders this past weekend.

NYC Sanitation Department — The department was involved in more collisions — more than half of which could have been prevented by the driver — involving city-owned vehicles than any other department, according to a new report.

Rodney Mortensen — The former mayor of Newington — a Connecticut town now home to two CTfastrak bus rapid transit stations — recently called transit-oriented development “a bunch of baloney.“