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Dear Diary: How I Caught My First Idler
Citizens get 25 percent of idling fines if they report the violators to the city. But it's not so easy. Here's how I became a one-woman enforcement team.
February 11, 2020
Council’s ‘Reckless Driver Accountability Act’ Passes Committee — But Not Without Friendly Fire
"As legislators [we must] ensure that everything that can be done should be done," said Council Member Carlos Menchaca, the lone "no" vote.
February 10, 2020
New City Rule Tells Truckers: Don’t Even THINK of Double-Parking Here!
This is going to change things ... expeditiously!
February 7, 2020
Lander ‘Reckless Driver’ Bill Will Seize Far Fewer Cars Than Originally Thought
Any combination of five red light or speeding tickets were originally enough to get your car seized. Now it's five red light tickets or 15 speeding tickets.
February 7, 2020
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
February 6, 2020
BREAKING: Council to Pass ‘Reckless Driver Accountability Act’ on Tuesday
Reckless drivers, your good times are about to stop rolling.
February 5, 2020
NYPD: Closing Manhattan Tow Pound Will Make Streets More Dangerous for Cyclists and Worse for Bus Riders
“Every hour a tow truck spends on the road traveling to and from a distant pound is an hour that car blocks a fire hydrant, bike lane, or a bus lane," NYPD Transportation Chief William Morris told the City Council on Wednesday.
January 29, 2020
CYCLE OF RAGE: De Blasio’s NYPD Treats Truckers and Cyclists the Same
Cops wrote more moving violations tickets to cyclists than truckers last year — a stunning revelation given how few bicycles are on the roads compared to trucks.
January 29, 2020
More Pols — And The Mayor, Too — Demand Answers from NYPD on ‘Jaywalking While Black’
Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday said he agreed with the Council's concerns and wants all enforcement to be "fair."
January 29, 2020
Kill Someone with a Car, Avoid Serious Charges, Episode 1,324
It's like Bob Dylan once said, "Steal a little and they throw you in jail/Steal a lot and then they make you king."
January 28, 2020
