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Recklessly Driving Brooklyn Cop Has Gotten 12 More Speeding Tickets Since Last Year
Some cops never learn — and never get taught a lesson by their superiors.
July 20, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: How Does Dermot Shea Still Have a Job Edition?
There's only so many times a police commissioner can publicly disrespect his boss, the mayor (unless, we suppose, that mayor is Mayor Bill de Blasio).
July 20, 2020
Where are Cyclists Getting Injured? Wherever There Are More Cars
The borough-by-borough numbers show an uncanny link between driving and cyclist injuries.
July 20, 2020
Opinion: The Fraught History of Cops and Bikes
It's a fine idea to get NYPD officers out of their SUV cruisers, onto bikes and into the community — but recent events show that our militarized police have used bikes as an instrument of oppression.
July 19, 2020
Friday’s Headlines: Blue Flu Edition
Cops say there's a spike in crime because they can't do their jobs — and they can't do their jobs because everyone hates them. Plus all the other news.
July 17, 2020
Jay Street Busway Will Do More To Stop Placard Abuse Than the NYPD Ever Did
Two out of every three parked cars on the stretch between Livingston and Tillary streets had "parking permits" in their windshield — and more than one-third were total shams, the DOT said.
July 17, 2020
Bike New York Offers List of NYPD/DOT Reforms
Cut the tentacle the NYPD has into various street safety and enforcement efforts, says the group.
July 16, 2020
Brooklyn DA Creates ‘Street Safety Bureau’ to Bolster Crash Investigation, Draft New Laws
“We must do all we possibly can to battle traffic violence," said DA Eric Gonzalez.
July 16, 2020
Thursday’s Headlines: Bad Day for the NYPD Edition
Sprinting to catch up with the Black Lives Matter juggernaut, Mayor de Blasio signs a package of police-accountability bills.
July 16, 2020
Cops Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian
The driver was traveling "at an apparent high rate of speed," cops said.
July 14, 2020
