The latest streets and transportation news from Streetsblog NYC.
Today’s headlines open up with an analysis of just how much more dangerous roadways are after the public schools open for the year, as they will do today.
And in other news, Kevin Duggan offers exclusive new details about a man who was run over and killed by a police officer inside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Both stories are designed to stoke outrage at the stage of our city and, hopefully, spur action. But, also, most important, to serve as a reminder: Please be safe out there.
Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.