SAFETY LAST: DOT Under Fire to Finish Ninth Street Redesign after Sixth Fatality in 18 Years
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The city is once again under fire for a death on a roadway that it failed to redesign for safety.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD
Cops Say They’ve Arrested Hit-and-Run Driver Who Gravely Injured Pro Hoops Star
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The arrest came only after the victim's family pressured the NYPD to reopen a case that detectives had closed.
Monday’s Headlines: Criminal Mischief Special Edition
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On Friday, your irascible old scribe caught so many more law enforcement officials covering or defacing their plate that "criminal mischief" posts filled my Twitter feed. Plus other news.
Driver Sought in Hit-and-Run in Crown Heights — Was It Intentional?
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Police are seeking the heartless hit-and-run driver who flattened a pedestrian in Crown Heights on Friday night — a brutal, but rare, instance of road violence captured on camera that is now being investigated as a possible hate crime because the collision may have been intentional.
Two More Brooklyn Pedestrians Are Killed
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Both were seniors.
SUV Plummets onto LIRR Tracks in Brooklyn, Killing One
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“I thought the concrete barrier was gonna stop it but it didn't and it just went over," said a witness.