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Mark Treyger and Families for Safe Streets Bring the Fight for Speed Cameras to Marty Golden’s Turf
At a Bensonhurst senior center, Treyger urged residents to call Golden and tell him to renew the speed camera program.
June 27, 2018
No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior in Bensonhurst Crosswalk
A senior has died from injuries sustained when a motorist hit her in a Bensonhurst crosswalk last month. NYPD filed no charges.
December 8, 2016
Driver Who Killed Xiali Yue Pleads Guilty to Violating Victim’s Right of Way
A driver who struck and killed a woman in a Brooklyn crosswalk pled guilty to a Right of Way Law violation.
May 24, 2016
Motorists Take the Lives of Human Rights Worker and Senior in Brooklyn
A senior was killed by a motorist in Bensonhurst this weekend, and a Prospect Heights pedestrian who was struck by an alleged drunk driver earlier this month has died from her injuries.
July 15, 2013
Domenic Recchia: There’s a Place For Bike Lanes, But I’m Not Telling Where
"I'm not against bike lanes," City Council Member Domenic Recchia told the New York Times after forcing DOT to scrap plans for a four-mile painted bike lane along Bay Ridge Parkway two weeks ago. "I believe there's a place for them."
April 27, 2011