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Driver Kills Elderly Woman Near Gridlocked Canal Street
A Manhattan senior was run over and killed by the driver of a massive SUV on Wednesday while she was trying to cross highway-like West Street near Canal Street — a dangerous area that advocates have been trying to fix for years.
November 11, 2021
UPDATE: Williamsburg Man Killed by Speeding, Drugged Teen Driver
A 33-year-old man was struck and killed early Thursday morning by the driver of a 2017 Chevy muscle car that witnesses said was speeding before the crash.
November 11, 2021
USPS Truck Driver Charged with Misdemeanor for Killing Upper West Sider Jeffrey Williamson
The Postal Service driver who ran over and killed an Upper West Side cyclist on Central Park West earlier this year will be charged in the fatal crash, Streetsblog has learned.
November 11, 2021
Woman Moped Rider Hit by Truck Driver in Williamsburg Dies
"The collision caused the 24-year-old female to ... fall onto the roadway where the box truck ran over her body," cops said in a statement.
November 10, 2021
Monday’s Headlines: Just Another Tragic ‘Accident’ Edition
The biggest under-reported story of the weekend was the late Friday news that mayoral candidate and beret-industry pillar Curtis Sliwa had been hit by the driver of a taxicab. Plus other news.
November 1, 2021
Mayor Vows to Investigate Alleged Harassment of 311 Users After Recent Streetsblog Investigation
"Whether [such calls are] coming from a city employee or someplace else, it's not good," the mayor said when asked about the alleged harassment. "What we need to know is what happened in those cases."
October 28, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: The NYPD’s ‘System’ for 311 Calls
Obviously, our national treasure cartoonist has been reading Streetsblog!
October 27, 2021
Amid Multiple Investigations, NYPD Defends Its 311 Response at Council Hearing
City Council members voiced frustration with the NYPD's handling of 311 complaints about illegal parking at a hearing Tuesday, but police officials defended the department's efforts.
October 27, 2021
The 10 Best Ideas We Heard at Tuesday’s Epic ‘Vision Zero’ Hearing
...and it doesn't take much to implement them (except some courage).
October 26, 2021
Council Member Calls For Probe of Alleged 311 Harassment As Colleague Calls Dead-of-Night Calls from Cops ‘Inappropriate’
And meanwhile, Council Member Bob Holden told Streetsblog he has also been the victim of "inappropriate" calls from cops.
October 26, 2021
