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Monday’s Headlines: A Weekend of Carnage Edition
It was another weekend of carnage across the city thanks, in part, to hit-and-run drivers. Plus lots of transit news in the daily digest.
March 6, 2023
Opinion: New York City Streets Should Themselves Be Illegal!
New York City policies promise us safer streets, but drivers kill hundreds of people every year, including themselves. The city is giving us the opposite of the safety (not to mention the decarbonization) it promises. So let's make some streets illegal.
March 1, 2023
Family of Killed Cyclist Will Seek $100M For City Negligence in Crash
“They knew and did nothing,” Sarah Schick's widowed husband Maxime Le Munier said on Monday.
February 27, 2023
Dolma’s Grieving Father, Pols Seek Traffic Light at Fatal Corner — But Larger Safety Improvements are Needed
The Department of Transportation says it will not add a traffic light at an Astoria intersection where a 7-year-old girl was killed earlier this month.
February 26, 2023
Bicyclist Killed on Residential Staten Island Street by a Reckless Driver
Is there no safe place to ride in this city?
February 25, 2023
GUILTY! Former USPS Driver Facing Jail Time for Killing UWS Cyclist
A former Postal Service driver was found guilty for killing a cyclist on the Upper West Side two years ago, a judge ruled Thursday.
February 23, 2023
Council to DSNY Commish: Move Faster on Rogue Carting Biz
The city’s long-awaited overhaul of the rogue private carting industry won’t happen until late 2024 at the earliest — five years after the reforms became law.
February 23, 2023
DID USPS KNOW? Driver Who Killed Cyclist Had Long Record of Recklessness Before and After Hiring
During the day-long trial, the driver's defense attorney blamed Williamson, even though the cyclist had the right of way.
February 22, 2023
Tuesday’s Headlines: From the Assignment Desk Edition
Let's start the work week with a job for the mainstream media, plus other news.
February 21, 2023
Opinion: The Driver Who Killed My Husband is Going on Trial; I Don’t Expect Much
I would like to say that I’m looking forward to justice being served, but I already know that’s impossible. The laws governing the deaths of people killed by car and truck drivers don’t seem very fair to me.
February 20, 2023
