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Fiifi Frimpong

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YOU ASKED FOR IT! The Albany Report Card for a Failing Legislative Session

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 21, 2021 | No Comments
Albany gets an F.
New dash cam screen that will show front, back and side angles of trucks

City Shows Off Trucks and Buses With Surround-View Cameras

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 12, 2021 | No Comments
The city will make streets safer by installing multiple cameras thousands of fleet vehicles — allowing drivers to see angles that are normally obstructed.
Amy Cohen speaking during a rally.

SHAME! State Lawmakers Leave Town Without Passing Key Safety Bills

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 12, 2021 | No Comments
Safe streets advocates feel abandoned after state lawmakers left Albany on Friday without passing a slate of bills aimed to save children, protect cyclists and make streets more livable.
Familiy For Safe Streets rally outside City Hall Park. Photo: Fiifi Frimpong

Lawmakers Continue To Stall on Bills To Keep Pedestrians, Cyclists Safe

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 10, 2021 | No Comments
Top state lawmakers have struck out on a package of pending street safety bills, and today is the last chance for Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to grab a bat and get in the game.
Amy Cohen speaking at City Hall Park during last stop of Families For Safe Streets roadtrip

SAFETY LAST: Albany Pols Stall on Package of Bills to Make Roadways Safer

By Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 4, 2021 | No Comments
Albany has served up a nothingburger for dessert.
Lopamudra Desai was struck by the driver of a massive Chevy on this street. Photo: Google

Queens Senior Killed After Being Hit By Driver of a 4,700-Pound SUV

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 28, 2021 | No Comments
A Bayside senior who was struck by a car driver near her home earlier this week has died — and the driver who killed her remains uncharged.
This is how most New Yorkers experience the sidewalk: squeezed between trash and building lines. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

SURVEY SAYS: West Side Sidewalks are Unsafe and Unclear — And the City Must Act

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 28, 2021 | No Comments
New York's sidewalks are chopped up and dirty — and Hells Kitchen and Chelsea residents continue their fight to change that.
Photo: Citi Bike

Report: City (and Citi) Must Do More to Improve Bike-Share Equity, Jobs, Safety

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 25, 2021 | No Comments
City officials and Citi Bike's parent company have not done enough to both encourage cycling in communities of color and improve employment opportunities for their under-served populations, a new report says.
Frank Walrond with his new Rad Power bike. Photo: Fiifi Frimpong

New Program Aims to Give E-Bikes to Low-Income Workers

By Fiifi Frimpong | May 21, 2021 | No Comments
Thousands of city commuters' lives will get a bit easier for them — and cleaner for the rest of us — thanks to a new program that will subsidize the purchase of e-bikes or scooters for 10,000 lower-income frontline and essential workers.
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