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DOT to Cyclists: Use Your Bike Regularly … Or Lose It
Alert: Your neighbors and the Department of Transportation are coming for your bike ... if you don't use it regularly.
July 6, 2023
NYPD’s Fight Against ‘Ghost Cars’ Lacks Serious Muscle
The NYPD claims it has stepped up its efforts to summons and arrest car drivers who cover or deface their plate, or drive with a fake temporary tag, but its own statistics show that the effort has not continued into this year, department officials said on Monday.
June 27, 2023
Cop Suspended for Trying to Run a Moped Rider off a Queens Highway
The incident has been under internal review since May 25, when Streetsblog broke the story of an NYPD officer swerving repeatedly in an effort to either strike the moped rider or run him off the road.
June 15, 2023
SEE IT: Cops Nearly Kill Teen on Moped on Brooklyn Greenway
The NYPD has a history of officers recklessly using their vehicles in chases. On Wednesday, its officers almost killed a moped rider.
June 9, 2023
Nearly 500 Crossing Guard Positions, Rather than Being Filled, Are Cut By Mayor Adams and NYPD
The NYPD has cut close to 500 crossing guard positions in a money-saving measure — a move that puts kids at risk on school roadways that were already more dangerous than other city streets.
May 25, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Is This Cop Trying To Kill This Moped Rider?
A video posted to Reddit yesterday certainly looks like a cop is trying to kill a moped rider on a Queens highway. Plus other news.
May 25, 2023
Flatbed Trucker Fatally Strikes Pedestrian on 125th Street in East Harlem
The trucker struck the 53-year-old man near Third Avenue just before 10:40 a.m., and the victim died at the scene, according to the NYPD.
May 24, 2023
AG James Won’t Charge Reckless Cops Who Struck and Killed Ronald Smith With a Speeding Police Van
"My family is outraged," said Julie Floyd, the sister of victim Ronald Smith. "It's ridiculous what these people can get away with."
May 23, 2023
Upper West Side Pedestrian Dies from Injuries Caused by Reckless Van Driver
The Upper West Side pedestrian struck by a van driver last week in what one cop called "an accident" has died from his wounds, police said on Thursday.
May 18, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Catastrophic Lies Edition
The day began with a preposterous series of stories in the national and gossip press about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Fortunately, there was other news.
May 18, 2023
