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Citing No Evidence, NYPD Claims Critically Injured Astoria Cyclist Ran Red
To hear NYPD tell it, people on bikes routinely launch themselves at motor vehicles by blowing red lights at speed.
July 25, 2018
Bronx Driver Who Killed Heather Lough Pleads to Reckless Driving in Exchange for Wrist Tap
Robert Owens's plea arrangement with District Attorney Darcel Clark resulted in a nominal fine and a brief interruption of his driving privileges.
July 17, 2018
Driver Careens Into Bed-Stuy Restaurant, Injuring Two People and Himself
Police said the driver was sideswiped by another motorist and filed no charges. But a witness told Eater New York there was no second driver.
May 31, 2018
MTA Bus Driver Kills 7-Year-Old Shevon Bethea in the Bronx
New York City motorists have killed six children age 14 or under in the first five months of 2018, marking the first year-to-year increase in child traffic deaths in the Vision Zero era.
May 29, 2018
NYPD Rejects Request for Records on Hit-and-Run Killing of Neftaly Ramirez
As long as police and prosecutors refuse to disclose information about the death of Neftaly Ramirez, the public has no way to know how they determined not to press charges.
March 20, 2018
Driver Who Killed Phil O’Reilly Had a History of Speeding and Red Light Tickets
The same Nissan was cited for speeding five times in less than two years and a red light violation two months before O'Reilly was killed.
March 13, 2018
Driver Kills Two Children, Ages 1 and 4, on Ninth Street in Park Slope
The location has a history of serious crashes, and is mere feet away from the Park Slope YMCA where Mayor de Blasio is driven to his morning workout each day.
March 5, 2018
Box Truck Driver Kills Man at Dangerous Ocean Parkway Intersection
It appears as though the unidentified victim had the right-of-way, but NYPD said no charges have been filed.
February 28, 2018
The Action Carting Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez and Left the Scene Was Not Licensed to Drive the Truck
Yet it appears Mayor de Blasio won't let the company's horrendous safety record interfere with its city contracts. Meanwhile, a lawsuit brought by Ramirez's family alleges shoddy investigative work on the part of NYPD and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.
January 31, 2018
NYPD Denies Request for Records on Marty Golden’s Fatal 2005 Crash
According to NYPD, releasing files on a widely reported collision that happened 12 years ago would be an "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
January 4, 2018
