Study: Police Killings of Civilians Undercounted By More Than Half
The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.
October 8, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Go Play in Traffic Edition
You know the city is becoming unlivable when regular run-of-the-mill wags in the media start noticing how dismal the city is now. Meanwhile, an Assembly Member ran into traffic to avoid a reporter. Plus all the other news.
October 7, 2021
It’s an Open Plans Grand Slam as Congestion Pricing Zone Hearings End
Open Plans, the city's newly emerging civic group devoted to livable streets issues (and, full disclosure, the parent company of Streetsblog), sent four activists to testify. Here's what they said...
October 6, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Rich Manhattanites Aren’t the Problem (Just Ask Them!)
Every time there's another bitch session about congestion pricing, the narrative hardens: Every person who drives a car thinks everyone else is the reason Manhattan is such a traffic-choked, sclerotic, pollution-filled mess. Our cartoonist begs to differ.
October 6, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Impounding the Pavement Edition
The MTA really showed up the city by impounding a car belonging to a recidivist scofflaw. Plus other news.
October 6, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Death Knell for the AirTrain Edition
Gov. Hochul steals the show on an incredibly slow news day.
October 5, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: How to Blow Up a Pipeline Edition
A letter to the editor in the Daily News prompts some serious talk about the future of civilization. Plus all the other news from a busy weekend.
October 4, 2021
Friday’s Headlines: Vision Zero in the News Edition
The Times notices all the dead pedestrians and cyclists. Plus, all the other news.
October 1, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Almost Heaven Edition
Our old man editor is headed back to West Virginia. But first, the news.
September 29, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The Mayor’s Unused Arsenal
Leave it to our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy to once again turn the de Blasio administration's war on surrender to gridlock into an indelible, sharable panel.
September 29, 2021
