Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ben Kallos

A cab driver reportedly dragged 80-year-old Barbara Horn for half a block on Third Avenue in the 19th Precinct, where police barely enforce failure to yield and speeding. Video still: WCBS

Cab Driver Kills Woman in 19th Precinct, Where Police Brag About Seizing E-Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Jul 31, 2017 | 8 Comments

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.

A cab driver killed Manikam Srymanean at an Upper East Side intersection Saturday, in an NYPD precinct where police concentrate enforcement resources on delivery cyclists. Image: WCBS

Cab Driver Kills Man in UES Precinct Where NYPD and Ben Kallos Target Cyclists

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2017 | 4 Comments

A motorist killed a senior at the same intersection in 2016. The 19th Precinct, meanwhile, has made a show of seizing electric bikes delivery workers need to earn a living.

Drivers Have Killed Seven People in Bike-Obsessed 19th Precinct in 2016

By Brad Aaron | Oct 11, 2016 | 12 Comments

Blanca Pagan, the senior who was struck last Friday by a driver who failed to yield, was at least the seventh pedestrian killed by a motorist this year in the 19th Precinct, on the Upper East Side. Deputy Inspector Clint McPherson, the precinct’s commanding officer, has prioritized ticketing people on bikes, with encouragement from local City Council members Ben […]

Drivers Are Killing People, and the 19th Precinct Is Sending Cyclists to Court

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2016 | 29 Comments

Police activity on 79th & 1st–a blitz of enforcement on cyclists https://t.co/KSOdmtUHvp pic.twitter.com/1HO3zaGUwm — Our Town (@OurTownNYC) June 1, 2016 The 19th Precinct likes to boast about local officers aggressively ticketing people for riding bikes on sidewalks. A data analysis by Transportation Alternatives shows the precinct also issues far more criminal court summonses for sidewalk riding than […]

Do the 19th Precinct and Ben Kallos Know Drivers Cause Most Street Carnage?

By Brad Aaron | Jun 2, 2016 | 22 Comments

Police activity on 79th & 1st–a blitz of enforcement on cyclists https://t.co/KSOdmtUHvp pic.twitter.com/1HO3zaGUwm — Our Town (@OurTownNYC) June 1, 2016 Per square mile, the 19th Precinct on the Upper East Side has one of the higher traffic injury rates in the city. Though motorists cause the vast majority of traffic injuries and deaths, the 19th Precinct continues […]

Manhattan CB 8 Votes Against Basic Striped Crosstown Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | May 19, 2016 | 63 Comments

Last night, by a vote of 25-19 with one abstention, Manhattan Community Board 8 voted against DOT’s plan for three pairs of painted crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. Despite four months of deliberations, bike lane opponents managed to achieve their desired outcome last night, sending a strong signal that no bike lane design is too mild to avoid their wrath. […]

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