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ANOTHER Dead Pedestrian in Brooklyn, This Time in Hit-and-Run
Another day, another dead pedestrian.
March 8, 2022
Pedestrian Death Crisis Continues with Killing of Bronx Pedestrian
This year's pedestrian death crisis continued on Monday when a dump truck driver ran over and killed a Bronx senior very close to her home in Coop City.
March 7, 2022
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
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
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Home Rule’ Rocks Edition
Albany must unshackle the city so that it can use life-saving street-safety tools. Plus other news.
March 4, 2022
Video Shows Police Chase Preceded Horrific Crash on Staten Island
A recidivist reckless driver turned his SUV into a weapon of destruction in a high-speed crash at a notorious Staten Island intersection early Thursday morning — and a witness said a police chase may have preceded the crash.
March 3, 2022
City Covers Up Failure After Cyclist Death, With Hastily Made Repairs After Months of 311 Complaints
The caved-in pavement on 40th Drive in Elmhurst that knocked 77-year-old Lin Wen-Chiang off his bike late on Thursday night, causing his death, has been hastily patched by city workers — too late, of course, to save him.
February 28, 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
Wednesday’s Headlines: ‘Got Him’ Edition
Cops made a long-overdue arrest in a fatal hit-and-run. Plus other news.
February 23, 2022
Cops Say They’ve Arrested the Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed a Beloved Teacher on McGuinness Blvd
The death so horrified the community that McGuinness cleaves that then-Mayor de Blasio immediately announced that the roadway would undergo a $40-million facelift, which remains in the planning stage.
February 22, 2022
