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Statistics Show Speeding is Out of Control During Corona Crisis
Drivers are speeding like crazy — and now we have evidence.
March 24, 2020
Mayor Not Ready to Ban Cars on Some Streets, Despite Cuomo Order
"I understand [and] respect absolutely advocacy journalism [but] you're looking at this from one prism," the mayor said.
March 23, 2020
Mayor Announces Emergency Bike Lanes for Smith Street, Second Ave. ‘Gap’
It's a start.
March 20, 2020
Mayor Suspends E-Bike Crackdown During Coronavirus Outbreak
"We will be suspending enforcement while restaurants are take-out and delivery only," said City Hall spokeswoman Freddi Goldstein.
March 16, 2020
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD Must Include Traffic Crashes In Crime Data
Council Member Mark Treyger wants New York’s Finest to include traffic crashes its world-renowned crime data portal known as CompStat so that crashes are treated with equal seriousness by the NYPD.
March 13, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Sympathy for Emma Fitzsimmons Edition
The Times reporter did her best to get to the bottom of why crashes are up — but she was clearly stymied by the NYPD.
March 11, 2020
Cops Finally Charge Driver Who Ran Over and Killed Queens Senior Last Fall
Police have arrested the driver who killed an elderly pedestrian last fall — six months after the fatal Queens crash.
March 9, 2020
Defying Evidence, NYPD Won’t Say Driver was Speeding in Fatal Bay Ridge Crash
The badly damaged car — parked near the Bay Ridge police stationhouse — is riddled with damage consistent with striking a pedestrian at an excessive speed.
March 8, 2020
UPDATE: Pedestrian Struck and Killed by Speeding Driver in Bay Ridge
“I am deeply shaken by [this] death of a pedestrian — killed by a speeding driver," said the area's state senator.
March 5, 2020
NYPD Will Not Move Against Yellow Ribbon Vigilantes on Staten Island
Breaking news: The NYPD won't take down warning signs on Staten Island alerting drivers to the locations of speed cameras.
March 5, 2020
