Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD

Writing condolences at the vigil for dead cyclist Robyn Hightman. Photo: Yosef Kessler

After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 26, 2019 | 4 Comments

New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.

Working cyclist Robyn Hightman was killed by a truck driver in Manhattan on June 24.

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Delivery Cyclists Have One of the Most Dangerous Jobs, But No One Is Protecting Them

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 25, 2019 | 16 Comments

Working cyclists have one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and they are dying at rapid rates on New York City streets — but instead of stepping in to protect them, Mayor de Blasio is off running for president and New York’s Finest are focused on victim-blaming and ticketing bikers. Twenty-year-old Robyn Hightman, […]

A cyclist was killed on Sixth Avenue on Monday morning. Photo: Julianne Cuba

UPDATED: Cyclist Killed on Sixth Avenue by Hit-And-Run Trucker

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 24, 2019 | 116 Comments

The driver eventually returned to the scene, but was let go with a consoling pat on the shoulder from the NYPD.

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Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Flushing — No Tickets Issued

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 24, 2019 | 4 Comments

A Flushing driver killed a pedestrian on Saturday, this time on dangerous Main Street, where disorder and chaos rule.

An officer from the 19th Precinct checks on the so-called protected bike lane Friday afternoon. Photo: Julianne Cuba.

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NYPD Forced to Protect DOT’s Second Avenue ‘Protected Bike Lane’

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 24, 2019 | 16 Comments

Police in the 19th Precinct are being hailed for setting up physical barriers in the Upper East Side bike lane in order to protect bikers from speeding cars.

An NYPD lieutenant tells kids why some of them got tickets for not having bells. Photo: Terry Barentsen via YouTube.

Here’s What the NYPD Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its ‘No-Bell’ Crackdown

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 21, 2019 | 25 Comments

The NYPD has denied a freedom of information request seeking information about police officers' targeted harassment against cyclists back in April.

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