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GRINCH NO MORE! Mayor Will Create More Pedestrian Space in Rockefeller Center for the Holidays
He's no longer a mean one, Mr. Mayor.
November 22, 2019
Police Searching For Killer Car Thief
Early reports were wrong: the bad guy who stole a car in Queens and then left it to run over a woman remains at large.
November 22, 2019
Another Pedestrian Killed in Crossing with No Crosswalk!
Cops didn't provide other important information, such as the speed of the driver.
November 22, 2019
EDITORIAL: Mayor Has Some Nerve Disputing Streetsblog’s Facts — And Saying Our ‘Worldview’ is Biased
At an otherwise unrelated press conference on Wednesday, Mayor de Blasio dismissed our spate of recent reporting of ineptitude by NYPD officers.
November 21, 2019
City Has Spent Half-a-BILLION Because of Reckless Driving by Workers
The City of New York has spent more than $500 million since 2013 in payouts to the victims of road violence caused by employees of just five key agencies crashing their city-owned vehicles, Streetsblog has learned.
November 21, 2019
Mayor Didn’t Crack Down on Reckless Cops, Yet Does Not Feel Responsible for Speeding Cop’s Death
He's still promising "more will be done," but it's unclear if anything has been done.
November 20, 2019
Scofflaw Driver Kills Man in Manhattan Crosswalk, But Cops Issue No Charges
A driver ran over and killed a 61-year-old man in a Manhattan crosswalk earlier this month — but cops are already absolving the driver of any wrongdoing, telling the press that he "didn't realize" he had hit anyone.
November 20, 2019
Brooklyn Precinct, Where Drag-Racing Cop Worked, Has Many Reckless Drivers
Police Officer Garman Chen, who died in a fiery crash after apparently drag racing on the FDR Drive, is certainly not the only cop at the 76th Precinct with a documented record of reckless driving.
November 18, 2019
A Round and a Roundy: Cartoon Mocks NYPD ‘Churro Crackdown’
This week's cartoon by Bill Roundy openly mocks the NYPD's ongoing crackdown on churro vendors.
November 18, 2019
