VIGIL OF OUTRAGE: Mourners for Slain Cyclist Shout Down Truckers
Mourners at Wednesday's vigil for the 28-year-old cyclist who was killed by a cement truck driver on a residential street on Monday vented their anger at truck drivers flying by — and demanded cops issue summonses.
July 3, 2019
UPDATE: NYPD Arrests Driver Who Hit and Killed a Woman in the Crosswalk
Updated: Cops cuffed the driver who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk of a Brooklyn intersection, the NYPD said on July 8.
July 1, 2019
NYPD May Stop Ticketing Cyclists After They’re Killed
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan’s seemingly ad-libbed comments came after a reporter at unrelated press conference asked why bikers are typically targeted for enforcement after they are killed by car drivers.
June 27, 2019
After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!
New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.
June 26, 2019
Delivery Cyclists Have One of the Most Dangerous Jobs, But No One Is Protecting Them
Working cyclists have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and they are dying at rapid rates on New York City streets — but instead of stepping in to protect them, Mayor de Blasio is off running for president and New York's Finest are focused on victim-blaming and ticketing bikers.
June 25, 2019
Reform of Rogue Sanitation Companies Will Save Lives — And the Planet
A new report to be issued today by the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition bolsters Brooklyn Council Member Antonio Reynoso's call to create exclusive zones where only a single trash company could operate and put an end to the current free-for-all of up to 50 private carters picking up trash in each neighborhood.
June 25, 2019
UPDATED: Cyclist Killed on Sixth Avenue by Hit-And-Run Trucker
The driver eventually returned to the scene, but was let go with a consoling pat on the shoulder from the NYPD.
June 24, 2019
NYPD Forced to Protect DOT’s Second Avenue ‘Protected Bike Lane’
Police in the 19th Precinct are being hailed for setting up physical barriers in the Upper East Side bike lane in order to protect bikers from speeding cars.
June 24, 2019
Here’s What the NYPD Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its ‘No-Bell’ Crackdown
The NYPD has denied a freedom of information request seeking information about police officers' targeted harassment against cyclists back in April.
June 21, 2019
State to Study Reuse of Old ‘Motor Parkway’ in Eastern Queens
Queens cyclists and pedestrians are closer to getting more control over a car highway in that was built in the early days of the automobile.
June 19, 2019
