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Council: NYPD Must Stop Discriminatory Social Distancing Enforcement
“We are seeing the emergence of stop and frisk 2.0," said one Council Member.
May 24, 2020
Unlicensed Driver Kills Cyclist in Staten Island; Receives Minor Charges
A Staten Island cyclist was run down by a driver on a quiet street mere feet from his home on Friday morning — and the driver was charged because he was unlicensed, police said.
May 23, 2020
Op-Ed: Fix the Flaws in the State’s E-Bike Law
Differing helmet requirements, labeling, and local edicts will confuse riders, manufacturers — and the (too often uninformed) police.
May 20, 2020
Man Crushed Between Two Trucks in Queens, According to Cops
A Queens man was crushed between two trucks on a Jamaica street on Monday morning — the first pedestrian killed since March 15*.
May 18, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD’s Racially Biased COVID-19 Enforcement Scandal
City officials keep denying that NYPD officers are systematically carrying out social distancing enforcement in a racially biased manner, but our editorial cartoonist isn't buying it.
May 13, 2020
Op-Ed: City Must Stop Racially Biased Policing — During COVID and Beyond
Mayor de Blasio's tone-deaf excuses for cops' bad behavior need to stop, too.
May 9, 2020
NYPD Didn’t Get The Memo, Shuts Down Open Street in Downtown Brooklyn
Everything was worked out, eventually, after the cops left with their bagels.
May 8, 2020
NYPD’s Racial Bias in ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets Continues into 2020
All but one ticket written in the first quarter of the year went to blacks or Hispanics, city data show.
May 7, 2020
UPDATED: Bicyclist Struck and Killed by Driver Backing Up on 14th Street
A 72-year-old cyclist was run over and killed by an SUV driver who was backing up into a parking space on E. 14th Street in Manhattan on Tuesday morning, police said.
May 5, 2020
By the Way, NYPD, the Speeding Epidemic is Certainly Not Over
The NYPD is kidding itself — and leaving New Yorkers endangered — if it thinks the speeding epidemic is over.
May 4, 2020
