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STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION: After Nine Reports, NYPD Finally Removes Abandoned Taxi from DOT Bike Lane
She's gooooonnnne!
November 13, 2020
Despite Many Calls to 311, Abandoned Car Sits and Sits and Sits in DOT Bike Lane
Everything you need to know about our broken city government is sitting, abandoned, in an illegal parking spot in one of the city's newest bike lanes.
November 12, 2020
Cops Seize Brooklyn Playground — Again — For Private Parking Lot, Threaten to Arrest Reporter for Trespassing
The Parks Department promised to evict the police so kids could play in the open air, but, well, cops...
November 6, 2020
HOLD THE PHONE! New NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief is Saying the Right Things
Could it be that the NYPD's new Transportation Bureau chief gets it?
November 5, 2020
Meet the New NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief — Kim Royster
A former NYPD spokeswoman who most recently served as the head of the community affairs bureau is the new chief of the Transportation Bureau.
October 29, 2020
Staten Island Driver Who Killed Senior Escapes Jail … But Loses His License Permanently
Well, we got ... one!
October 27, 2020
Vision Zero Cities: Removing Police from Traffic Enforcement Is Crucial — and Hard!
The biggest hold-up, says Council Member Carlina Rivera, is “political will.” But that's not all.
October 21, 2020
Bus Driver Who Killed Citi Bike Rider Dan Hanegby Wants Failure-to-Yield Law Thrown Out
Lawyers for a bus driver who was found guilty of killing a Citi Bike rider in 2017 want the state's highest court to rule the city's Right of Way Law unconstitutional.
October 19, 2020
Decision to Stop Traffic Enforcement is Costing City Millions — And Making Roadways Less Safe
The de Blasio administration's decision to stop immobilizing the vehicles of scofflaw drivers has resulted in tens of thousands of profligate violators to continue driving — and robbed the city of millions of dollars a month in revenue.
October 9, 2020
Brooklyn DA Declines To Prosecute Driver Who Killed 10-Year-Old Boy, Infuriating His Grieving Family
“The family disagrees with the conclusion,” said personal injury attorney Leslie Kelmachter.
October 7, 2020
