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EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Will Crack Down on Reckless Police Employees
Starting next year, NYPD officers and employees will lose their city-issued parking placard if they get too many camera-issued moving violation tickets.
December 12, 2019
Mayor Didn’t Crack Down on Reckless Cops, Yet Does Not Feel Responsible for Speeding Cop’s Death
He's still promising "more will be done," but it's unclear if anything has been done.
November 20, 2019
Brooklyn Precinct, Where Drag-Racing Cop Worked, Has Many Reckless Drivers
Police Officer Garman Chen, who died in a fiery crash after apparently drag racing on the FDR Drive, is certainly not the only cop at the 76th Precinct with a documented record of reckless driving.
November 18, 2019
NYPD and Mayor Have Ignored Repeated Warnings About Recklessly Driving Cops
Neither took action against reckless cops that might have saved the life of Officer Garman Chen, a speed demon with a long list of moving violations.
November 17, 2019
Hey, Chief Chan, Here’s a Cop Who Drives Like a Sociopath!
Two weeks after a top commander in the NYPD testified that he addresses placard abuse by officers around department facilities, a bike lane in Downtown Brooklyn remains filled with illegally parked officers' private cars — including one that has 28 moving violation tickets.
November 8, 2019
As City Builds ‘Green Wave,’ Cops in Downtown Brooklyn Still Fight It
A stationhouse on Schermerhorn Street is filled with recklessly driving cops ... who also park in the bike lane that connects two streets in DOT's 'Green Wave'!
October 23, 2019
Another Atlantic Yards Broken Promise: There is No Indoor Bike Parking that Bruce Ratner Vowed to Build
Developers of Atlantic Yards are breaking their decade-plus-old promise to provide ample and indoor bike parking for two-wheeling ticket holders headed to the Barclays Center.
July 21, 2019
Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long
The next chapter of the Department of Transportation’s long-awaited rebuild of Atlantic Avenue — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — won’t likely start until 2021.
June 24, 2019
UPDATED: 14th Street Landowners Sue City over Car-Free ‘Busway’
The 14th Street Coalition says the DOT plan violates state environmental law because the agency didn't conduct a serious assessment of the impact that banning cars from 14th Street would have on neighboring residential streets.
June 21, 2019
Anatomy of a Resignation: Why Polly Trottenberg Quit the MTA Board
Of course Polly Trottenberg quit the MTA board — it's a fake, no-power, fig-leaf body that ultimately has no place for an intelligent, committed professional person whose own boss let her down repeatedly.
June 6, 2019
