Today’s Headlines
Drivers Collide in Canarsie, Killing Mom and Injuring Child on Sidewalk (AMNY, NY1, Post) De Blasio on Fair Fares: You’re Welcome, New York (Post, AMNY, WNYC, Gothamist) More on Yesterday’s Council Parking Hearing: NY1, AMNY Sensing Regulatory Threat, Uber Abandons Bullying for Charm Offensive (Politico) NYPD Faulted Action Carting Driver for Killing Neftaly Ramirez, Then Changed … Continued
June 13, 2018
With Driver’s Sentence Hidden, Public Doesn’t Know If Eric Gonzalez Got Justice for Chooi Tan
Gonzalez agreed to a plea deal with the unlicensed driver who killed Tan on a Canarsie sidewalk with a stolen car. The terms were sealed by the judge, according to the DA.
June 12, 2018
Street Cheats: The Public Space Theft We Take for Granted
Crosswalk parking is emblematic of how we've let motor vehicles saturate the curb until they encroach on spaces where they're not allowed.
June 12, 2018
New York City Sidewalks Don’t Have to Be Garbage Dumps
New York has room to get trash off sidewalks. What it needs is the political will to use curb space for something other than parking.
June 11, 2018
Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy
DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.
June 8, 2018
NYPD Does Nothing After Driver Leaves Trail of Destruction on Nostrand Avenue, Injuring 1
Meanwhile, police are applying criminal reckless driving statutes to delivery workers on electric bikes.
June 6, 2018
Brad Lander Bill Would Empower City to Rein In Repeat Traffic Camera Violators
The “Reckless Driver Accountability Act” would flag drivers who are routinely ticketed by traffic enforcement cameras before they cause irreversible harm.
June 5, 2018
