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Brooklyn Electeds Pay Tribute to Edwin Ajacalon and Call on Albany to Prevent Deadly Speeding
At a vigil last night, elected officials and street safety advocates paid tribute to Edwin Ajacalon, the 14-year-old from Guatemala who was killed by a teenage driver in Brooklyn Saturday night. Calling Ajacalon an "all-American boy" and "a vital thread in the beautiful tapestry that is New York City," they pressed for street safety improvements and a culture change among drivers after yet another death of a cyclist, the 20th in 2017.
November 28, 2017
Delivery Workers Confront de Blasio Over E-Bike Crackdown
"I still believe Mr. de Blasio is a kind person. I hope he can work with us and listen."
November 22, 2017
A Trucker Killed a Cyclist at the Spot Where de Blasio Announced His E-Bike Crackdown
Abu Rifat has died from injuries sustained when a tractor-trailer driver ran him over as he biked on Amsterdam Avenue earlier this month, NYPD said yesterday. The crash happened at the intersection where Mayor de Blasio announced his crackdown on food delivery workers who use electric bikes.
October 20, 2017
De Blasio and NYPD Should Talk to Delivery Workers About E-Bikes
The mayor is rushing ahead with a punitive approach to e-bike use instead of shaping policy based on how the food delivery business actually works.
October 20, 2017
NYC Cedes Newly Upgraded Inwood Crosswalk to Placard-Abusing City Employees
The situation at the Inwood crosswalk shows how the placard system is directly at odds with DOT safety projects.
October 18, 2017
The 10th Precinct’s Grievance-Based Policing Isn’t Making Streets Safer
The precinct, where drivers have killed four people walking and biking this year, has ticketed more cyclists in 2017 than speeding motorists, drivers who failed to yield, and off-route truck and bus operators combined.
October 6, 2017
NYPD: Ticketing Cyclists After a Driver Kills a Cyclist Is “Strategy,” Not “Targeting Victims”
The assumption among NYPD brass seems to be that they're protecting cyclists from themselves. But it's preposterous to think people walking and biking will fear a ticket more than being battered by a motor vehicle.
September 12, 2017
City Hall Says It Will Release Records on New Teacher Parking Placards … After the Election
The public won’t know what prompted de Blasio to restore teacher parking perks until the general election is in the mayor’s rear view mirror.
September 11, 2017
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed Senior in Rego Park Crosswalk
NYPD has inconsistently enforced the city's Right of Way Law, which was enacted to empower precinct cops to charge reckless drivers who harm people.
August 23, 2017
Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes
Barbara Horn was the second person this year killed by a cab driver in a crosswalk in the 19th Precinct. On an average day, precinct officers summons around five motorists for violating a pedestrian’s right of way, and ticket just one speeding driver.
July 31, 2017
