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Cops Arrest Reckless Driver Who Killed Education Leader Norman Fruchter
A reckless driver killed Norman Fruchter 26 years after his first wife died in the same manner. Cops finally arrested his killed this week.
July 25, 2023
Wednesday’s Headlines: Getting Away With It Edition
NYPD on Tuesday announced the arrest of a driver for killing a woman on a motorized scooter last June. Plus other news.
April 19, 2023
Chaos Reigned During GrubHub’s ‘Free Lunch’ Day in May, But Not on Streets
July 3, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: New Video from Crash Shows Police Chase Led to Death of Delivery Cyclist Borkot Ullah
New video exclusively obtained by Streetsblog shows in greater detail that a police chase was clearly a contributing factor in the hit-and-run crash that killed delivery worker Borkot Ullah on last week.
July 12, 2021
ANALYSIS: Is Jailing Killer Drivers the Only Way Forward for Street Safety?
The indictment of a killer driver earlier this year is a turning point in how prosecutors hold drivers accountable — but it also might be an inflection point as the safe-streets movement confronts the role of incarceration in making roadways safer. A deep dive.
February 9, 2021
Cops Must Stop Victim-Blaming Crash Victims, Brooklyn Prosecutor Says
Victim-blaming plays an outsized role in reducing the imperative among the political class to fix our streets.c
October 28, 2020
NYPD: Cyclist Killed on Ocean Parkway, 13th So Far This Year
A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after he was hit by a driver along a notorious Brooklyn speedway early Thursday morning, cops said, making him the 13th person killed on a bike so far this year, and the fourth this month ... so far.
September 10, 2020
Around and a Roundy: See No Evil, Report No Evil
Our cartoonist gets right to the heart of the problem with the NYPD's new policy to ignore minor car crashes.
April 6, 2020
UPDATED: NYPD Will No Longer Respond to Minor Car Crashes
The NYPD has made thousands of crashes on Staten Island simply disappear — and now is poised to do the same thing for the entire city.
March 30, 2020
Slow Down! Speed Demons Send Two People To Overwhelmed Hospitals
Paramedics rushed two people to already over-capacity emergency rooms on Wednesday evening, thanks to speeding drivers who refused to slow down amid a worsening health crisis.
March 26, 2020
