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Cars parked on the sidewalk just outside the 88th Precinct back in 2017. Photo: David Meyer

Reckless NYPD Drivers Insensitively Park Killing Machine in the Bike Lane

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 26, 2020 | No Comments

Not only are they horrible drivers, but cops at the 88th Precinct also made a mistake by blocking a bike lane with a car that had killed a beloved neighborhood resident.

Council Member Mark Treyger. Photo courtesy of NYC Council, John McCarten

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Brooklyn Pol Blasts NYPD Chief Who Victim-Blamed Woman For Her Own Death

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 17, 2020 | No Comments

Council Member Mark Treyger accuses a top cop of not knowing the territory.

Deputy Chief Chuck Scholl telling Pix11 that the driver "may or may not know this happened." Video: Pix11

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NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 16, 2020 | No Comments

Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?

A cement truck driver killed an elderly woman with a cane in Borough Park last week: Citizen

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NYPD: Two People Killed By Truck Drivers Within Hours of Each Other on Tuesday

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

Two people were killed in as many hours by the drivers of massive trucks on Tuesday morning — one a 10-year-old boy and the other an elderly woman, a pattern of carnage that picks up where last year left off.

Just a few of the 219 people who were killed on NYC streets in 2019.

In Memoriam 2019: The Lives We Lost (And The Drivers Who Weren’t Charged)

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments

The primary cause of death on New York City roadways remains reckless drivers. Yet more than half have not been charged. Here's our annual tribute to the dead — and our annual call for action.

Ellyn Berman and friends during a yoga retreat. Photo provided by family.

UWS Woman Killed By Driver — Another Hole in the Neighborhood Fabric

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 23, 2019 | No Comments

Police said that on Dec. 7, the driver of a 2016 RAM truck fatally struck 85-year-old Ellyn Berman as she crossed Broadway in the crosswalk near W. 61st Street at about 3 p.m. Berman died from her injuries on Dec. 16.

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