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Deranged Driver Blows Through Brooklyn Open Streets Barriers
An unhinged motorist plowed through open streets barriers on Hoyt Street in Brooklyn seconds after volunteers set them up earlier this month.
July 26, 2024
Eric the Relic: In Blaming Dead Pedestrians, Adams Seizes Long-Discredited and Hateful Messaging
It's a time-honored car culture tactic: If you can’t or won’t protect pedestrians, make them take the rap.
July 25, 2024
City Wants To Keep ‘Jaywalking’ Illegal For Pedestrians’ Own Good
In the City that Always Jaywalks, officials want to keep ticketing people for it.
June 26, 2024
Brooklyn Pol: NYPD’s Enforcement of ‘Jaywalking’ is a ‘Racial Injustice’
The NYPD is "unfairly targeting Black and Hispanic individuals," says a Brooklyn Council member, who wants to change that.
June 25, 2024
Hot Pursuit: NYPD Chases Still Surging Unleashing Danger on City Streets
Drivers seeking to escape the NYPD — and the agency's massive increase in its pursuit of said drivers — continue to surge.
May 29, 2024
ON THE BIAS: NYPD’s ‘Walking While Black’ Ticketing Continues
NYPD officers wrote 467 summonses for crossing mid-block or against the light — and 92 percent went to Blacks or Latinos. The NYPD declined to comment.
May 22, 2024
Monday’s Headlines: On Further Review Edition
I'll start the week with a little flashback to some coverage of Vision Zero last week in the New York Times.
May 13, 2024
Friday’s Headlines: Trump Trial Trumps Safety Edition
Is anyone going to bother to fix the dangerous mess on the streets and plazas around the Trump trial? Plus more news.
May 3, 2024
Thursday’s Headlines: NYPD Discovers Chained Bike Locks Edition
NYPD officials insist a run-of-the-mill bike lock is an "industrial" tool of "professional" protesters. Plus more news.
May 2, 2024
Justice Dept., Citing Streetsblog, Threatens to Sue NYPD Over Cops’ Sidewalk Parking
The city is now facing a major civil rights suit from the Biden Administration if it doesn't eliminate illegal parking by cops and other city workers.
April 19, 2024
