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It started with a simple premise: What happened to the 10 drivers who killed pedestrians in January 2025? We waited a year to make sure all these cases had gone through the full NYPD investigation process, and what we found was appalling: Three drivers weren’t charged at all, and the rest received punishment so low that a monthly cable bill costs more.
What’s a life worth in NYC? About $50 — if it ends under the wheels of a car. Check out Nolan Hicks’s story below.
Plus today’s headlines and coverage of Mayor Mamdani’s latest effort to fight pro-car revanchism.
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
Two decades after a major rezoning, the city should continue to emphasize pedestrians, cyclists and bus riders in Downtown Brooklyn in order to make the best possible version of the neighborhood as a residential and job center.
More Astroturf: Top politicos are on board with Waymo’s pitch.
It’s a four-way clusterfuck because … cars.
Mayor Mamdani set met with Paris’s new mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire. Plus other news.
One teenager on a bike was killed, and another injured, by a truck driver making a right turn at a busy intersection in the East Village, cops said.
Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.
