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Streetsblog NYC |City Council

Effort to Reduce NYPD Crash Role May End Up Expanding It

Well, if you can't beat 'em, expand 'em.

Julianne Cuba

February 24, 2021

Effort to <I>Reduce</I> NYPD Crash Role May End Up Expanding It

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

OPINION: It’s Time to End NYPD’s Current Role in Crash Investigations

A victim of road violence speaks.

Bernadette Karna

February 23, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |DOT

BOMBSHELL: Council Seeks to Take Crash Investigation from NYPD to Increase Road Safety

The City Council moved aggressively to rein in the NYPD on Friday, focusing its legislative ire on bigoted cops and lax discipline — but also advancing a policy long-sought by street safety advocates: taking the police department out of crash investigation in favor of a new Department of Transportation unit. The Council’s just released 12-part […]

Gersh Kuntzman

January 29, 2021

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

A Round and a Roundy: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer — And the NYPD Victim-Blames Again

We all know the old novelty song, "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" — but what if it actually happened? Our national treasure cartoonist explores.

Streetsblog

December 28, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

ANALYSIS: So You Wanna Be New York City Mayor, Huh?

We asked candidates what they thought on a raft of street-safety issues. Here's what WE thought.

Eve Kessler

December 28, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Carnage

OPINION: Examine the Medical Competency of Crash-Involved Drivers

Those who kill or maim rarely face such scrutiny before being allowed to return to the roads. Collision investigations ought to build in that capability.

Rosamond Gianutsos

November 27, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |NYPD

Can the NYPD Be Trusted to Keep the Post-Election Peace?

Here's an article to clip and save for the days after Nov. 3.

Gersh Kuntzman

October 20, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |2020 Election

Chaos and Fear as Trumpists and a Domestic Terrorist Take Over Roadways

The weekend of terror began on Saturday night, when a driver targeted peaceful cyclists towards the end of a StreetridersNYC event in Manhattan. Video shows the SUV plunged into the crowd of bikers.

Gersh Kuntzman

October 4, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |Bicycling

OPINION: Protecting Cyclists From Road Ragers

Our laws must do much more to deter these menaces, a bike commuter argues.

Emil Skandul

September 20, 2020

Streetsblog NYC |City Council

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.

Margaret Chin

July 29, 2020

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