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Chaos and Fear as Trumpists and a Domestic Terrorist Take Over Roadways
The weekend of terror began on Saturday night, when a driver targeted peaceful cyclists towards the end of a StreetridersNYC event in Manhattan. Video shows the SUV plunged into the crowd of bikers.
October 4, 2020
What a Surprise: NYPD Breaks Law By Not Investigating Placard Abuse
The city's latest failure to crack down on illegal placard parking can be fully laid on the NYPD, which has broken the law by not evaluating placard abuse hotspots and turning the evidence over to the Department of Investigation.
October 2, 2020
THE OTHER PANDEMIC: 2020 Has Been a Very, Very Bloody Year on NYC Streets
So far, 173 people have died on the roads this year, up from 164, or 5.5 percent, over the same period last year — even though total number of vehicle miles traveled is down significantly.
October 1, 2020
It Has Taken Months, But City DOI Finally Nabs a City Employee for Placard Abuse
The Department of Investigation arraigned a high-level city employee for using a fake placard — one of, um, one city employees criminally busted for doing what many city employees and residents do every day.
September 30, 2020
Girl’s Death Renews Call For Safe Streets Around Schools As Kids Start In-Person Learning
The mayor has failed to keep school kids safe as they return to public schools this week amid an epidemic of speeding and reckless driving, advocates bellowed on Tuesday, one day after a 7-year-old girl was killed by an armored truck driver.
September 29, 2020
Hit-And-Run Drivers Kill Two Men in Separate Incidents
Two more New Yorkers are dead as a result of careless driving — with both drivers speeding off as their victims died in the road.
September 28, 2020
NYPD Claims it Voided Bogus Ticket To Crash Victim For Not Wearing Helmet
The NYPD has a history of wrongly ticketing cyclists for made-up rules, misunderstanding vehicular laws, especially when it involves bikers, and even blaming them for their own deaths or injuries after crashes.
September 28, 2020
Sunday’s Protest to Demand More Pedestrian Space on the Queensboro Bridge Has Historic Echoes
Activists will gather at the Queensboro Bridge on Sunday to demand more space for pedestrians, 30 years after a similar band of pedestrian advocates got arrested for doing the same.
September 24, 2020
RANK BUFFOONS: NYPD Tickets Crash Victim For Not Wearing Helmet
“Cops issuing a summons to the victim of a crash is totally bogus," said one personal injury lawyer.
September 24, 2020
Pedestrian Killed in Flushing — And Driver Was Not Charged
The NYPD said this week that a pedestrian struck earlier in the month in Flushing had died — but it is unclear if the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad properly investigated the death.
September 23, 2020
