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AWM: New York City’s Ultimate Placard Mystery
Here's everything you wanted to know (well, that we could find out) about the most mysterious placard in town.
July 7, 2022
UNMASKED: NYPD Van Driver Pulled Over for Obscured License Plate
Mayor Adams’s crackdown on illegal plates has already been unmasked (literally).
July 6, 2022
Mayor Adams on Fake Plate Crackdown: ‘This Time, It Will Happen Because Eric Adams is Mayor’
OK, bad guys, now you're really really on notice.
July 5, 2022
Brooklyn Pol Tears Up Describing Brutal Treatment at Hands (and Bikes) of Cops
Police justified cops’ excessive use of force against a Brooklyn state pol during a protest after the murder of George Floyd two years ago. But state Sen. Zellnor Myrie testified that the officer in question used excessive force.
June 30, 2022
No Courtesy, Professionalism or Respect for the Dead: Funeral Homes Blast Placard Abuse
The only three certainties in life are death, taxes, and placard abuse.
June 30, 2022
Monday’s Headlines: Gross NYPD Car Culture Edition
The NYPD went from crushing illegal vehicles to celebrating them in the space of a week. Plus other news from a busy, bloody weekend.
June 27, 2022
Weekend Road Carnage Kills Three, Injures at Least Seven, as Bad Old Days Return
Car drivers killed at least three people and injured seven others — including an 11-year-old boy struck by the unlicensed driver of an ice cream truck — in separate Brooklyn incidents this weekend, police said.
June 26, 2022
Did the City Just Blame a Pedestrian for Her Death on Crosswalk-Free Flatlands Ave.?
A pedestrian was killed along a dangerous stretch of Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn, but Department of Transportation officials suggested she was at fault for crossing "mid-block" — even though the long stretch of roadway where she died runs more than one-sixth of a mile between traffic lights.
June 22, 2022
Horrified City Calls for Safe, Car-Free Broadway, But Mayor Says ‘Not at This Time’
Mayor Adams dashed residents' and works' hopes of a new city push to pedestrianize Broadway in the wake of Monday's horrific crash, even as advocates doubled-down on their calls for the slowly changing roadway to be finally rid of cars.
June 21, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Fight for Your Right To Party Edition
Candid snaps as Streetsblog took the night off for the Open Plans Fun-raiser. Plus real news.
June 17, 2022
