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What if we told you that there’s an NYPD officer who works in Staten Island and has hundreds of speed-camera and red-light tickets — including 180 last year alone?
You’d read that story, right? And then you’d demand that the mayor and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch do something about it, right?
Well, here’s the story. We’ll be following up, believe us:
“Strong reforms are necessary if we’re going to have public transit agencies that are successful,” says this week’s guest.
A cop drove recklessly, struck a woman, lied about it, and got his friends to lie about it, Queens prosecutors say.
The latest victim? Nurse Jiaya Zheng, who was struck mere blocks from the medical center where she worked … and was taken before she died.
Here’s important information for readers while Streetsblog’s staff undertake four days of professional development and cocktails.
