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Yet Another Report Makes Clear Case for City Control of Speed Cameras
Almost 60 percent of road fatalities in the five boroughs occur in the hours when the cameras are, by current law, unable to issue tickets.
May 10, 2022
Truck Driver Gets a Few Summonses for Killing Borough Park Cyclist as MTA Workers Continue Dangerous Parking
Meanwhile, one local Assembly member blamed cyclists.
May 7, 2022
CARNAGE: Garbage Truck Driver Kills Cyclist in Borough Park, After Pedestrian is Killed by Drunk Driver in Manhattan
Two promising lives cut down early.
May 5, 2022
Manhattan Pol to NYPD: Follow the Law on Placard Misuse
Manhattan City Council Member Gale Brewer (inset) is the latest elected official to demand that the NYPD follow the law when it comes to cracking down on placard abuse by city workers including, mostly, cops.
May 5, 2022
Drivers Seriously Injure Two More Pedestrians — But One Hit-and-Run Driver Collared, Say Cops
Crashes have injured 14,488 people, or roughly 120 New Yorkers every day. Of those, 4,157 were pedestrians, cyclists or moped or scooter riders. That means roughly 34 vulnerable road users are injured every day in this city.
May 4, 2022
CASE CLOSED: Another Look at How the NYPD Lies to Protect Placard Corrupted Cops
The NYPD lied on Monday to cover up the illegal actions of a Housing division cop — the latest of a growing number of incidents involving placard abusing officers and the epidemic of illegally defaced license plates.
May 2, 2022
CYCLE OF RAGE: The Car that Never Moves Yet Endangers Pedestrians (And is of No Concern to the NYPD)
There's a broken-down car on Ocean Parkway that has not moved since at least July, 2020. Yet it's only been ticketed three times, despite more than 30 complaints to 311. Oh, and it has an NYPD vest on the dashboard. Herein lies a great yarn.
April 28, 2022
NYPD’s Lackluster Enforcement Against Reckless Drivers Continued in Second Month of Supposed Crackdown
Remember that much-ballyhooed crackdown on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians — the one Streetsblog debunked last month? Well, it's even more debunkable.
April 28, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: We FOIL Stuff, Too Edition
Following up on a fellow reporter's scoop, we have more news about defaced plates. Plus all the other news from yesterday.
April 27, 2022
Mayor Says He’ll Act on Reckless Drivers, But Leaves Out the ‘How’
HIzzoner said he would use his octopine enforcement arms to "find [reckless drivers] proactively, and get them off the streets." Details, however, have not been provided.
April 27, 2022
