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No Charges for Truck Driver Who Killed Cyclist Despite Being on a No-Truck Route and Failing to Yield
The driver who killed a 25-year-old cyclist on Wednesday has still not been charged in the death by the NYPD.
October 14, 2022
Commander of Downtown Brooklyn Precinct Has Dangerous Driving Record
This fish drives terribly from the head down.
October 7, 2022
The Day I Was Hit By a Driver Changed My Life, And My City, Forever
October 5, 2022
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Ghost Car of the Upper West Side — A Case Study in Not Getting Stuff Done
Three months after Mayor Adams announced a crackdown on cars with fake plates, a Jeep has been sitting on the Upper West Side — and cops have repeatedly ignored multiple 311 complaints about the criminal presence on the streets.
October 4, 2022
Manhattan DA Indicts Driver on Multiple Counts for Fatal Inwood Crash
The driver whose speeding led to a crash that killed two men on an Inwood sidewalk in August is facing 15 years in jail, courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney.
October 3, 2022
CM Bottcher: City Must Publicly Report on Plate-Covering Perps
The Council member wants to require the Department of Transportation to issue monthly reports detailing how many times a city speed or red-light camera was foiled because a driver had defaced or covered his or her plate.
September 29, 2022
Cops Say They’ve Arrested the ‘Ghost Truck’ Driver Who Killed a 5-Year-Old
Police say they have arrested the pickup truck driver who ran over and killed a 5-year-old boy in Queens earlier this month.
September 21, 2022
Sacrebleu! Staten Island Leadfoot Pol Joe Borelli is Now Getting Speeding Tickets in France!
The Staten Island lawmaker — who admits that he regularly speeds (and pays tickets for same) in New York — got a camera-issued speeding ticket while on vacation in France last month.
September 19, 2022
Friday’s Headlines: Message Received Edition
Somebody was trying to send our old man editor a message the other day — plus all the other news.
September 16, 2022
Trump-Loving Anti-Camera Pol Has 23 School-Zone Speeding Tickets!
Council Member Inna Vernikov's car has been slapped with 23 camera-issued tickets since mid-2020, including nine this year, which may explain why she voted against speed cameras.
September 15, 2022
