The indictment of a killer driver earlier this year is a turning point in how prosecutors hold drivers accountable — but it also might be an inflection point as the safe-streets movement confronts the role of incarceration in making roadways safer. A deep dive.
Two people walking outside of cars were killed by drivers on Friday in separate incidents in Staten Island and Queens, police said, with one of the drivers fleeing his or her actions late at night.
A City Council candidate details his vision for a borough in which deaths aren’t "sanctioned, dismissed, or accepted if the perpetrator is operating a vehicle."