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Boro Wide Recycling, whose employee killed a motorcycle rider after driving the wrong way, has racked up 34 camera violations. Photo: WABC7

Private Sanitation Driver Fatally Backs Into Motorcycle Rider in Queens

By Julianne Cuba | May 21, 2019 | 7 Comments

The driver of the Boro Wide Recycling garbage truck was improperly backing up onto 157th Street from the westbound lane of Liberty Avenue when it struck the motorcycle — yet no tickets were issued and no arrests were made.

Police photograph the victim's bike after he was hit by a driver on May 11 in Crown Heights. Photo: Marco Conner.

NYPD is Quick to Blame Latest Cyclist Victim For His Own Death

By Julianne Cuba | May 16, 2019 | 8 Comments

A cyclist who was hit last week in Crown Heights has died of his injuries — the 10th cyclist to be killed this year — and police blamed him for his own death.

Mayor de Blasio speaking this morning alongside NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, and NYPD Transportation Chief Thomas Chan. Image: David Meyer

NYPD Says ‘Thanks, But No Thanks’ To Council Bid to Improve Collision Investigation Squad

By Julianne Cuba | May 15, 2019 | 10 Comments

Police Commissioner James O’Neill doesn’t want more money to investigate road collisions.

NYPD: Driver Hits and Kills Cyclist Robert Sommer in Marine Park

By Julianne Cuba | May 13, 2019 | 2 Comments

The victim is now at least the 66th person — and at least the eighth cyclist — killed by a car this year.

NYPD: Driver Kills Elderly Woman in Queens Crosswalk

By Julianne Cuba | May 8, 2019 | 3 Comments

A driver hit and killed an elderly woman in a crosswalk near the Queensboro Bridge on Wednesday morning — but is not yet facing any charges, police said.

Mayor de Blasio’s Gotten All Blurry on Vision Zero

By Julianne Cuba | May 6, 2019 | 15 Comments

The mayor's signature plan to end all traffic deaths by 2024 needs a new prescription — and a mayor who is entirely focused on the five boroughs.

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