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AW, SHUCKS: Driver in Explosive War Monument Crash with 120 Tickets Was Almost About to be Held Accountable
In the wake of Sunday's crash, New Yorkers are again asking how the owner of a car with 120 speeding and red light tickets was even allowed behind the wheel.
March 7, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: Which Precinct Disrespects its Neighbors the Worst?
Yes, it's time for Streetsblog's annual tournament, where 16 police precincts compete for the title of Worst Neighbor to the community it is supposed to protect and serve.
March 7, 2022
Crash and Explosion on Prospect Park West Destroys Beloved War Memorial
It is not unfair to say that Americans are now far more likely to die in a car crash than in a foreign war.
March 6, 2022
ONE YEAR LATER: NYPD Has No Answers for Grieving Mom of Brooklyn Hit-and-Run Victim
"I have nothing. I have nothing," she told Streetsblog this week as she prepared a small vigil with her two surviving children at the crash site at Court Street on Thursday at around 4:30 p.m.
February 24, 2022
DOT Commish Promises Safety Improvements at Queens Intersection Where Pedestrian Was Run Over Three Times
Ydanis Rodriguez promised that his agency would make safety improvements at a notorious Queens intersection, but it will take a few more days.
February 23, 2022
Teenager Who May Have Been Driving Illegally Kills Queens Pedestrian with a Massive Truck
A 16-year-old boy who was driving a massive Ford F-150 — illegally, given his age — struck and killed a 19-year-old pedestrian on Northern Boulevard on Thursday afternoon, the Department of Transportation said.
February 18, 2022
Cops Say They Have Arrested the Car-Obsessed Hit-and-Run Driver Who Critically Wounded a Park Slope Pedestrian
Cops said 31-year-old David Mocete smashed into the pedestrian at around 9 p.m. last Thursday, then fled
February 18, 2022
Cops Charge Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Queens Cyclist Last Year
The hit-and-run driver who killed a teen cyclist in College Point last June has finally been arrested and charged, cops said.
February 15, 2022
EXCERPT: There are No ‘Accidents’ — We Have Been Fooled into Thinking There Are
This excerpt from the new book, "There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and Disaster — Who Profits and Who Pays the Price" will make you rethink crashes, capitalism and culpability.
February 15, 2022
Analysis: New York’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is
Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.
February 14, 2022