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Jackson Heights Pol to Mayor Adams: Fix de Blasio’s Travers Park Failure
The Adams Administration should force Koeppel Mazda to retreat from a street that should be fully pedestrianized for the benefit of the community, not a few cars, said Council Member Shekar Krishnan.
March 29, 2022
Builder Wants Atlantic Ave. Tower to be a Model for Pedestrian-Friendly Development on Deadly Corridor
“It's a 180-degree shift," said the project's architect.
March 24, 2022
TRASH CITY: Here’s Why New York is So Filthy
March 22, 2022
About That Safety Crackdown: NYPD Conducts Yet Another Tiny Enforcement Push
Mayor Adams's sole safe streets announcement so far in his administration — a promise to protect pedestrians with a "relentless" effort by the NYPD — is just the same old fake crackdown.
March 21, 2022
Two More Queens Pedestrians are Killed By Drivers (Neither of Whom Has Been Charged)
A 75-year-old woman was backed over on Tuesday night and a Flushing senior died of wounds incurred last week on Northern Boulevard.
March 16, 2022
MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: Two Queens Precincts That Could Go All the Way
We've invited the 110th Precinct to take another shot this year, given the surprise we felt after readers denied the precinct a much-deserved a victory in the borough finals last year.
March 9, 2022
ANOTHER Dead Pedestrian in Brooklyn, This Time in Hit-and-Run
Another day, another dead pedestrian.
March 8, 2022
Fed. Vehicle Safety Rating Update Won’t Get Megacars Off the Road
A new plan to update federal consumer safety ratings for cars won't do nearly enough to incentivize automakers to build vehicles that are less likely to kill walkers, say advocates.
March 8, 2022
Pedestrian Death Crisis Continues with Killing of Bronx Pedestrian
This year's pedestrian death crisis continued on Monday when a dump truck driver ran over and killed a Bronx senior very close to her home in Coop City.
March 7, 2022
DWI Electric Bike Rider Injures Two Brooklyn Pedestrians, Cops Say
A drugged-out electric bike rider struck two pedestrians in Brooklyn, critically wounding one, cops said — a rare crash involving a bike rider and a pedestrian.
March 6, 2022