Another Weekend of Carnage as Three Pedestrians are Killed by Car Drivers
Three more pedestrians were killed by drivers in a weekend of bloodshed that ended with none of the drivers charged.
April 16, 2023
AND THE WINNER LOSER IS: The 75th Precinct is the Most Disrespectful of All!
Inspector Rohan Griffith's precinct has won Streetsblog's March (Parking) Madness tournament — and serves as a model for everything a station house should not do.
April 12, 2023
New Academic Study Bolsters Streetsblog’s March (Parking) Madness: Cops Degrade Neighborhoods
Our March (Parking) Madness contest just got its Ph.D.!
April 11, 2023
March (Parking) Madness: It’s Bronx vs. Brooklyn in the Tournament Final!
It's the 75th Precinct vs. the 43rd Precinct in our annual tournament of losers.
April 7, 2023
Road Death Stalks New York City on Passover With Three People Killed by Drivers
Two pedestrians and a cyclist were killed in a spate of bloodshed on Wednesday night that included two hit-and-run drivers.
April 6, 2023
Discipline for Recklessly Driving DOT Employee — But What Discipline?
The Department of Transportation has told a Queens Council member that it has taken "action" against an employee whom the pol spotted driving recklessly and aggressively in Midtown last month — but the agency declined several opportunities to reveal "action" it took.
April 6, 2023
TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan
All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.
April 4, 2023
Council Budget Response: $3M for Battery Swaps and $61M for Fair Fares (Among Other Things)
Mayor Adams needs to spend millions more to fund the Fair Fares program, make roads safer and make a "down payment" on a battery swap program to thwart fires from substandard lithium-ion power packs, City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and Transportation Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers say.
April 4, 2023
EXCLUSIVE: City to Ban Teslas, Citing Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
The Adams administration will issue an emergency order today, April 1, barring the owners of Teslas and other lithium-ion powered cars from driving their vehicles into the five boroughs, citing the well-documented danger that the batteries pose to the general public.
April 1, 2023
Dept. of Investigation Says Cops DID Harass 311 Callers, Confirming Streetsblog Account
City investigators have concluded that members of the NYPD harassed two men who filed 311 complaints about illegal parking and other unsafe road conditions, harassment that Streetsblog revealed in multiple exclusive stories last year.
March 30, 2023
