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fromStreetsblog
2 days ago

The 'Problem' With E-Bikes? The Super Fast Illegal Ones - Streetsblog New York City

At its worst - like in last week's horrific fatal crash on Flushing Avenue - pedestrians and cyclists are injured or killed. Setting aside that car drivers cause virtually all the injuries and deaths on our streets, every time there is rare crash involving an illegal e-bike, naysayers capitalize by conflating them with safe, legal e-bikes to further an anti-bike agenda. And Mayor Adams has added to the confusion, launching a criminal crackdown on legal e-bikes that has ensnared all kinds of cyclists,
New York City
New York City
fromNew York Post
2 weeks ago

Brazen city workers illegally park vehicles in traffic-choked NYC neighborhood, survey finds: 'It's time we take action'

Downtown Brooklyn averages roughly 457 illegally parked, placard-bearing vehicles daily, creating hazardous conditions while enforcement appears limited.
fromNew York Post
2 weeks ago

Two teen girls - one just 13 - found dead on Brooklyn train in suspected subway surfing incident: cops

A 13-year-old girl was one of two teens found dead on top of a Brooklyn train overnight in what investigators believe may have been a fatal subway surfing incident, police sources said Saturday. Cops were called at 3:10 a.m. to the Marcy Avenue-Broadway subway station in Williamsburg, where they found the girls unconscious and unresponsive on the Brooklyn-bound J train, the sources said.
New York City
New York City
fromGothamist
1 month ago

Urine trouble: NYPD tickets for public peeing flow faster under Mayor Adams

NYPD public urination tickets surged almost fivefold from 2021–22 to 2024–25 amid Mayor Eric Adams's push for enforcement of low-level offenses.
New York City
fromnyc.streetsblog.org
2 months ago

Wednesday's Headlines: Happy Anniversary Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog helped prompt NYPD and MTA enforcement actions that removed thousands of vehicles with covered or defaced license plates and recouped unpaid tolls.
NYC politics
fromStreetsblog
4 months ago

Monday's Headlines: Critical Mass of Rage Against the NYPD Edition - Streetsblog New York City

New Yorkers protested against harsh police enforcement on cyclists, calling it unsafe and ineffective.
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