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The deadly intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and 91st Avenue.

UPDATED: Cops Arrest Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Pedestrian in Queens

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 25, 2019 | 2 Comments

Cops are looking for the hit-and-run driver who killed a man Thursday morning in Queens — just hours after one of the deadliest days — in a very deadly year — on the streets of New York City.

The Mayor now supports Council Speaker Corey Johnson's Master Plan bill . Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Speaker Johnson: Make NYPD Bike Lane and Reckless Driver Enforcement Permanent … And Serious!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 24, 2019 | 5 Comments

The NYPD must seriously step up enforcement of reckless drivers — beyond the police department's current practice of periodic ticket blitzes, Council Speaker Corey Johnson said this week as he joined a chorus of advocates.

Transportation Alternatives Has a New Leader: Danny Harris

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 24, 2019 | No Comments

Harris most recently served as senior vice president of Civic Entertainment Group in New York City. Before that, he worked for the Knight Foundation.

The driver made a right turn from Ninth Avenue onto W. 17th Street when he struck 31-year-old Firstess Earth Crosby, who died from her injuries months later on July 22.

No Charges for Driver Who Ran Over a Woman — Twice — In a Crosswalk

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 24, 2019 | 7 Comments

Another pedestrian is dead in an already bloody week in an already very bloody year — and, yet again, the truck driver who killed her inside a marked crosswalk has not been charged.

The current "shared path" is too narrow, too steep and doesn't really keep pedestrians and cyclists apart — which was the whole point of diverting cyclists from the Hudson River Greenway between 72nd and 83rd streets. Photo: Streetsblog

No Big Changes Coming to Dangerous Riverside Park Bike ‘Detour’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 22, 2019 | 35 Comments

Cyclists think the Parks Department is not taking safety concerns seriously along a hastily built, steep, dark, root-damaged detour from the Hudson River Greenway that was installed to separate pedestrians from cyclists along the much-used river route.

Remember her? Queens Borough President Donovan Richards reappointed Kim Ohanian to Community Board 7.

Community Board Member Who Said Pedestrians ‘Deserve’ to Die May Get Booted

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 19, 2019 | 38 Comments

"We're going to look into who that employee is and whatever appropriate disciplinary measures can be taken," Mayor de Blasio said on Friday.

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