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Huge Grant: Feds Send City $12M to Improve Post-Crash Analyses
Advocates have been seeking this for years: a single repository where the disparate findings from multiple agencies about road crashes will be stored and analyzed.
September 6, 2024
Lifting Street Vendor Permit Cap Could Raise $17M: Watchdog
More street vendors would mean more tax revenue for the city.
January 10, 2024
Pols Want City Crackdown on Car Noise, But Health Department is Silent
It's a noisy city, but the silence from the city Department of Health is particularly defeaning.
May 17, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: Heart Monitor Edition
A Council Member acts on noise after our blockbuster story. Plus all the other news from the day.
May 5, 2022
A Round and a Roundy: The Only Chart Dave Chokshi Needs
A Health Commissioner shouldn't stand for so much carnage, whether it's caused by a microbe, a gun or a car driver.
November 10, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: The Health Department is AWOL in the Public Health Crisis of Cars Edition
Is the Health Department holding up its end of the Vision Zero initiative? That, plus other news.
November 10, 2021
The Health Commissioner Used a Pollution-Spewing, Global Warming-Exacerbating, Asthma-Contributing Vehicle to Get to An Event Today
Health Commissioner Dave Chokshi — the sworn enemy of asthma and pollution — was driven from Jackson Heights to Times Square. His boss didn't care, but here's why you should.
August 25, 2021
Lander: City Must Study Whether the ‘Benefit’ of Helicopters Covers Their Egregious Health Costs
It's time to put a price on the cost of losing one's mind.
February 22, 2021
City Workers Involved in More Injury-Causing Crashes: Report
The increase in crashes that caused injuries or deaths is odd, considering that overall collisions decreased slightly, from 6,304 in 2018 to 6,061 in 2019.
September 30, 2019
Why Won’t New York City Ask People To Ditch Their Cars On Hot Days?
Despite the heat, the mayor didn't ask people to stop driving cars.
July 19, 2019
