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THE HANDSHAKE: Budget Deal Seals Big Funding for Safety … But Much Less Than the Council Sought
This glass is way more than half full. But still...
June 13, 2022
UPDATE: They Might Be Giants Guitarist Badly Injured in City Crash, Driver Arrested
Guitarist John Flansburgh was badly injured in a "rather serious" car crash while "on his way home" from Wednesday night's return to the stage from a pandemic lull, the band said in a statement.
June 9, 2022
Thursday’s Headlines: Hanging Out on the Stoop Edition
Here's a better use for metal than cars and guns — stylish street furniture! Plus other news.
June 9, 2022
After Streetsblog Probe of Dangerous School Streets, DOT Talks Up Student Safety Projects
The city announced on Wednesday that it would complete 100 road safety projects — many of them near schools — just two weeks after a Streetsblog investigation revealed a disproportionate amount of crashes occur near the city's public schools.
June 9, 2022
TODAY’S CARNAGE: Kill a Man With Your Car — Walk Away with a Traffic Ticket
The crash happened on a block whose danger is well known to the city — indeed, it happened on the same block as the 68th Precinct stationhouse.
June 8, 2022
OPINION: New York Must Stop Subsidizing Car Usage
Enough is enough, says a candidate for Assembly from downtown Manhattan.
June 7, 2022
Hit-and-Run Driver, Exiting a Highway, Kills Queens Pedestrian
A driver struck and killed a Queens pedestrian late on Thursday as he crossed a street near a highway exit ramp that dumps cars into a residential community.
June 3, 2022
OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure
A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.
June 3, 2022
Outraged Lawmakers and Advocates Urge City Action over Unsafe School Streets
Moving beyond thoughts and prayers to action.
June 1, 2022
Brooklyn Child Dies of Wounds Caused by Driver
A 5-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained earlier this month as he was reportedly walking home from school — the latest horrifying death of a student in a city where roads near schools are far more dangerous during the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up.
May 31, 2022
