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Private Trash Hauler Kills Madison Jane Lyden, 23, Biking on Central Park West
A livery driver obstructed the unprotected bike lane on Central Park West, forcing Lyden into motor vehicle traffic.
August 11, 2018
Business Integrity Commission Bans Sanitation Salvage Driver Who Killed 2 People, But Gives Company’s Politically Connected Owners a Pass
The family that owns Sanitation Salvage is a major political player, contributing tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign coffers of city electeds.
August 10, 2018
Bushwick Cyclist Severely Injured by DSNY Driver and Deadly Evergreen Ave. Street Design
A hit-and-run Sanitation Department driver maimed a woman riding in the painted bike lane on Evergreen Avenue, near where a motorist killed cyclist Leah Sylvain in 2016. DOT has not improved conditions for biking on Evergreen since Sylvain was killed.
August 2, 2018
Driver Who Killed Manhattan Cyclist Kelly Hurley Pleads to Violating Her Right of Way
Contrary to initial NYPD victim-blaming, evidence revealed that Hurley was cycling lawfully when Kyung Hyun killed her with a box truck.
August 1, 2018
Witness to Xellea Samonte Crash Contradicts NYPD Victim-Blaming But Cops Ignored Him
Police would rather blame the victim of a crash than the driver who killed her.
July 31, 2018
Uber SUV Driver Jumps Curbs and Injures Four on Sixth Avenue
A high-speed crash days after speed cameras go dark.
July 30, 2018
Five Weeks Later, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Hasn’t Charged the Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Luz Gonzalez and Left the Scene
More than 50,000 people have signed the "Justice for Luz Gonzalez" petition.
July 30, 2018
Astoria Cyclist Xellea Samonte Killed by Motorist, Slandered by NYPD
NYPD has now blamed deceased cyclists for running red lights at least seven times in the last 16 months. Police have produced no corroborative evidence.
July 27, 2018
Citing No Evidence, NYPD Claims Critically Injured Astoria Cyclist Ran Red
To hear NYPD tell it, people on bikes routinely launch themselves at motor vehicles by blowing red lights at speed.
July 25, 2018
Truckers Keep Killing and Maiming With Illegal Oversized Rigs. NYPD Keeps Blaming Victims.
A trucker legally prohibited from driving on city streets struck a man on Amsterdam Avenue and left him “likely to die.” True to form, NYPD issued no tickets and said the victim was at fault.
July 20, 2018
