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Labor and Advocacy Groups Call for Action on Unsafe Garbage Haulers
A new report from Transform Don't Trash NYC, a coalition of labor and advocacy groups including Teamsters Local 813 and Transportation Alternatives, is calling on the city to get unsafe sanitation trucks off NYC streets.
June 16, 2016
Truck Driver Charged With Reckless Driving for Killing Heather Lough at NYBG
A truck driver struck and killed a woman outside the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx last week. He has been charged with reckless driving and failure to yield.
May 4, 2016
Concerned About Illegal Parking? Stuff It, Says P.C. Richard & Son
Here's one company doing business in NYC that doesn't want to hear about fleet safety.
April 12, 2016
TA Will Track Safety Policies of NYC’s Private Fleet Operators
Transportation Alternatives is calling on private fleet operators who do business in New York City to talk about what they're doing to make employees safer drivers.
April 11, 2016
Retired Fire Chief: Make American Firetrucks Fit City Streets, Not Vice Versa
It's a sad irony that fire departments, while essential to public safety, are often a major obstacle to safer streets in American cities.
March 22, 2016
No ROW Charge for Garbage Hauler Who Killed Woman in UES Crosswalk
A pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a private garbage truck on the Upper East Side yesterday. Police determined the driver failed to yield but did not charge him with violating the Right of Way Law.
March 16, 2016
Cement Truck Driver Kills Nancy Ventura, 61, in College Point
A cement truck driver killed a pedestrian in College Point last week. Accounts differ on how the crash occurred, and police have filed no charges.
January 29, 2016
Felony Hit-and-Run Charge for Driver Who Allegedly Killed Can Reng Ma
A suspect was arrested and charged in the hit-and-run killing of cyclist Can Reng Ma in Sheepshead Bay, and NYPD is making exculpatory statements on the alleged driver's behalf.
January 21, 2016