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Open-Street Killjoys in Jackson Heights Tried To Silence the Circus
Opponents of the 34th Avenue space lash out at another activity for kids.
July 19, 2021
Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets
The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.
August 6, 2020
Mayor to School Kids: You’re Expendable During a Pandemic
Mayor de Blasio said on Monday that he's willing to sacrifice school-bound kids to more road carnage — temporarily, of course, because, you know, the pandemic.
August 3, 2020
Live from NY: It’s Andrew Yang On A Bike!
Here's one election cycle that Andrew Yang is winning.
October 21, 2019
Op-Ed: Treat Traffic Deaths Like the Measles
Mary Beth Kelly: As safe-streets advocate, I am constantly amazed at just how many New Yorkers remain blasé about the serial killer hiding in plain sight.
June 5, 2019
Cars Get Police Protection at Rally for Full Travers Park Plan
Hundreds of Jackson Heights residents, and scores of children, angrily protested the continued use of 78th Street by a politically-connected car dealership that has halted plans for a long-promised block-long greenspace between 34th Avenue and deadly Northern Boulevard.
May 12, 2019
Hit-and-Run Driver Rams Child Riding Bike Near Queens Schools
The victim, an 11-year-old boy, was hospitalized in stable condition. The crash occurred in an area that could have been covered by speed cameras, had Senate Republicans not killed the program.
August 14, 2018
Five Weeks Later, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Hasn’t Charged the Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Luz Gonzalez and Left the Scene
More than 50,000 people have signed the "Justice for Luz Gonzalez" petition.
July 30, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Girl on Brooklyn Sidewalk and Left Scene
With seven deaths, motorists have killed more children age 14 or under in the first six months of 2018 than in any year since 2014, when NYC launched the Vision Zero program.
June 25, 2018
NYPD: No Charges After Drivers Collide, Killing Shaena Sinclair and Injuring Her 6-Year-Old Son on Canarsie Sidewalk
The collision propelled a car onto the curb with enough force to kill, but NYPD says speed was "not a factor."
June 13, 2018
