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Thursday’s Headlines: The City ‘Urgently’ Does What It Could Have Done Six Months Ago Edition
The DOT announces a major move forward for street safety (but leaves out that it could have been done six months ago). Plus all the other news.
September 16, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: The Best and Worst of De Blasio Edition
As predicted, Tuesday was "Tale of Two de Blasios" day in New York, with the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge bike path, but dueling rallies to protest all the car-caused carnage this year. Plus all the other news.
September 15, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: A Tale of Two De Blasios Edition
Today, we'll get two competing visions of the de Blasio administration as it enters its sunset after almost eight years: two rallies against him sandwiched around the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge bike path. Plus other stories.
September 14, 2021
Welcome Back to School, Kids — Now, Run for Your Lives!
As they return to in-person classes on Monday, New York City public school children are at greater danger than they were just one day earlier, thanks to the increase in car and bus driving that historically has begun after the first day of classes.
September 13, 2021
SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS: City in Outrage Over Brooklyn Baby’s Death by Reckless Driver
Grieving New Yorkers aired their anger on Sunday hours after a 3-month-old baby was killed by a reckless driver who remained on the road despite scores of camera-issued speeding tickets.
September 12, 2021
HORRIFIC: A Brooklyn Baby is Killed in a Weekend of Carnage that Includes a Senior, a Cyclist and a Moped Rider
The bloodiest year in the de Blasio administration continued this weekend with multiple deaths, including a cyclist on the Upper West Side, a 3-month-old baby in Brooklyn, a moped rider on the Long Island Expressway, a senior citizen on the Upper West Side, plus at least two motorcycle riders.
September 11, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: ‘Apres Moi le Deluge’ Edition
Officials engage in fingerpointing after the flooding. And other news.
September 3, 2021
Woman Pushing Stroller Run Down and Killed by Trucker in Brooklyn
A woman who was pushing a child in a stroller across Myrtle Avenue in a notoriously dangerous section of Brooklyn was killed on Thursday morning by the driver of a flatbed truck, who was not charged, police said.
September 2, 2021
Incoming Manhattan Council Members Tell Us Their Transportation Priorities
Six districts are getting new representatives — perhaps the most progressive crop the borough has seen. We took their temperature.
August 31, 2021
It’s Official: Central Park Owl Died in Truck Onslaught
Beloved Barry was felled by "blunt trauma" from crash, says the Department of Environmental Conservation.
August 30, 2021
