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NYPD ‘No-Chase’ Policy Working But Too Late to Save ‘Hawk’ Hughley

The NYPD has reduced its high-speed chases by 85 percent in little more than a month.

March 7, 2025

Exclusive: New Policy from Tisch Seeks to Reduce High-Speed NYPD Chases

The NYPD will stop initiating dangerous and often high-speed pursuits of suspects fleeing non-violent crimes and traffic infractions — a major reform that Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch hopes will reduce fatalities.

January 15, 2025

Astoria to NYPD: Stop These Excessive Police Chases

The NYPD's 114th Precinct must eliminate "unnecessary" police chases through mostly residential Astoria because they have "dramatically reduced" public safety with very little upside, a Queens community board said last week.

December 23, 2024

Cyclist Badly Injured By Driver Fleeing Cops

Authorities refused to comment on allegations that the crash was the result of another police chase.

December 18, 2024

Crashes Soar in Astoria Precinct Where High-Speed NYPD Pursuits are Up

Police in Queens's 114th Precinct continue to engage in high speed chases, endangering pedestrians and cyclists and breaking the department's stated rules.

December 16, 2024

Astoria Residents are Fighting Car Culture One Cop at a Time

Why does this one precinct in a quiet corner of a residential neighborhood have so many high-speed police chases?

December 2, 2024

Five Ways New NYPD Boss Jessica Tisch Can Fix Our Dangerous Streets

If the Sanitation Commissioner wants to use her new position to make city streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists, here's where she can start.

November 21, 2024

Reckless: The 114 Precinct is an Island of High-Speed Chases In Queens 

This year, cops in the 114th Precinct have engaged in 38 high-speed chases on residential streets — among the most in the entire city.

October 28, 2024

Cyclist Killed By Driver Fleeing Cops in Another High-Speed Chase

The NYPD’s latest car chase killed a cyclist in Astoria.

October 23, 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