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Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story
We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young's colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better job reflecting the perils posed by reckless drivers.
October 28, 2013
Fox Business Tries and Fails to Capture the Dorothy Rabinowitz Magic
Might the talking heads at Fox Business turn their gaze to the Plaza Hotel's lawsuit against a nearby Citi Bike station and sneer at the frivolous litigation tying up our courts? Not a chance.
October 18, 2013
Daily News Exclusive: Woman on Bike Sees De Blasio in Street, Stops
Someone should tell Jennifer Fermino that the bikelash is over.
October 18, 2013
Howard Wolfson Looks Back on the Rise and Fall of the NYC Bikelash
Last Thursday, the New School hosted a panel discussion on the media and politics maelstrom that came to surround bicycling in New York -- and how, against some tough odds, supporters of safer streets came to beat the "bikelash."
October 15, 2013
NYPD and Media Declare “Accident” as Another Child Killed by NYC Motorist
For at least the seventh time in 2013 and the second time in 10 days, a New York City motorist has struck and killed a young child.
October 7, 2013
Genielle Laboriel, 21, Killed by Bus Driver in the Bronx; No Charges Filed
A school bus driver struck and killed a woman who was riding a skateboard in the Melrose section of the Bronx yesterday.
October 3, 2013
Street Improvements Alone Won’t Prevent the Next Curb-Jump Crash
A child who was struck by a curb-jumping motorist near a Maspeth school last Thursday died two days later. Parents this week vented to Council Member Elizabeth Crowley and DOT about unsafe conditions in the area. No charges have been filed against the driver by NYPD or Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, and after immediately declaring the crash an "accident," Crowley has had nothing to say about the investigation.
September 20, 2013
Cabbie Blames Cyclist He Hit and Bike Lanes for Midtown Curb-Jump Crash
The Post is doing its best to assign partial blame to the cyclist who was struck by cab driver Mohammed Himon in Tuesday morning's crash on Sixth Avenue, but the paper got Himon to confess that he intentionally stepped on the gas before mounting the curb and hitting Sian Green, the 23-year-old tourist who lost part of her leg.
August 22, 2013
Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, Killed by Motorcyclist in Washington Heights
For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist has struck and killed a NYC pedestrian.
August 19, 2013