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Brooklyn Senator Marty Golden Lobbies Against Life-Saving Speed Cameras
State Senator Marty Golden and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association are working to keep life-saving speed enforcement cameras out of NYC.
March 18, 2013
Kelly: NYPD to Add 10 Investigators to Crash Team
Ray Kelly says NYPD's revamped crash investigation team will be increased by half.
March 12, 2013
Mike Bloomberg’s NYPD Traffic Enforcement Blind Spot
It's not for nothing that Michael Bloomberg is known as a champion of traffic safety. He has given millions to reduce global road deaths, and the life-saving innovations that have become the hallmark of his DOT are setting the pace for cities across the U.S.
March 5, 2013
Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards
In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city's efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children's safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, the Post chose not to acknowledge that if police and prosecutors were doing their jobs, the NYPD crossing guard program would not be necessary in the first place.
March 4, 2013
Ray Kelly Ignores Council Member Inquiry Into Death of Rubin Baum
NYPD is being characteristically closed-mouthed concerning the crash that killed Upper East Side pedestrian Rubin Baum, as Commissioner Ray Kelly has ignored a request from a City Council member to be apprised of the department's investigation.
October 19, 2012
Stat Check: Manhattan Vehicular Killings Outpacing Gun Deaths in 2012
Last week, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced the indictments of 16 defendants allegedly involved in illegal gun trafficking.
October 16, 2012
DA: Cop Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Had History of Drinking and Driving
The Riverdale Press revealed last week what should have been a bombshell allegation of the sort that is splashed on front pages across the city. But it wasn't picked up by other media outlets, nor was it the focus of the Riverdale Press story.
October 15, 2012
Ignored by NYPD, Crash Victim Launches Effort to Hold AIS Accountable
Cassandra Faustini took a job as a bike messenger to help make ends meet. After getting rear-ended by a hit-and-run driver last year, she tried to report the crash to a police officer, who refused to take her statement. One year later, she’s joining other New Yorkers to demand reforms to the way NYPD and its Accident Investigation Squad handle crashes – and she’s asking for people to take part in a day of online action on September 17.
September 6, 2012
Council Members Call on Ray Kelly to Reform NYPD Crash Investigations
Commissioner Ray Kelly and the New York City Police Department cannot continue to let thousands of serious injuries caused by dangerous driving go uninvestigated each year, said a group of City Council members, street safety advocates, and victims' families on the steps of City Hall today.
July 25, 2012