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The History of a Movement, Postscript: Notes on This Series
Here's a final roundup of details from Charles Komanoff's provocative series on the early street safety movement.
December 19, 2021
Driver Who Was Fleeing Cops is Charged for Killing Delivery Worker Borkot Ullah
The hit-and-run driver who killed a delivery worker in Manhattan in July is facing 15 years in prison for the fatal crash — one caused partly as a result of police chase, prosecutors announced on Thursday.
December 16, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: Finger-Pointing Edition
The big story yesterday was the road death of delivery worker Salvador Navarette-Flores as he headed home to the Bronx on First Avenue after a long day. Plus other news.
December 15, 2021
History of a Movement, Part V: Things Fall Apart
Today's installment focuses on how reality — and the system — fought back.
December 15, 2021
Delivery Worker Killed in Crash with Apparently Illegally Parked Truck, Cops and a Witness Says
A witness provided pictures to Streetsblog that show the truck operator illegally parked in the left-most travel lane. Containers of unloaded material are right up against the bike lane.
December 14, 2021
The History of a Movement, Part IV: ‘Killed By Automobile’
Today's episode focuses on never-before seen crash data that Charles Komanoff and his team compiled into the book, "Killed By Automobile."
December 13, 2021
The History of a Movement, Part III: The Death of Dante Curry
"After marking a hundred streets with strangers’ names and body outlines, we were making a memorial to someone with whom we had a tangible, almost intimate connection. A child." Our seven-part series continues...
December 10, 2021
Bronx Pedestrian Killed by Driver Who Remains Uncharged
The Bronx man who was hit and badly injured by a driver at a busy intersection in the Bathgate section has died of his injuries, police said on Thursday, the latest death in the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative.
December 9, 2021
Thursday’s Headlines: Feeding at the Subway Trough Edition
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority handed its subway cops oodles of unplanned, unbudgeted overtime from 2018-20. Plus other news from yesterday.
December 9, 2021
INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?
Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
December 8, 2021
