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The scene of the crash, looking north up Rockaway Avenue. The Godfrey's van is making the same turn as the Sanitation driver made when he struck the moped rider. Photo: Jesse Coburn.

Sanitation Driver Hits and Kills Moped Rider at Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection

By Gersh Kuntzman and Jesse Coburn | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

A Sanitation truck driver struck and killed a man on a motorized scooter or moped on Tuesday night in an industrial part of Brooklyn after making an apparently dangerous, though legal, turn.

This is only part of PBA President Pat Lynch's driving record.

SPEED DEMON: PBA President Pat Lynch is Driven Around Really Fast!

By Liam Quigley | Jan 24, 2022 | No Comments

The 2021 Chevy Suburban in which the police union president was chauffeured has a staggering 29 school-zone speeding violations since 2016, the most recent on Jan. 6 in Queens, according to city data.

Here's Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell crossing Caton Avenue, which they could safety do because they were surrounded by other people. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor Adams’s ‘Turbo-Charged’ Vision Zero Includes a Back Door to Massive NYPD Crackdown on Cyclists

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

A new enforcement effort raised eyebrows among some activists, forcing DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez into a defensive position.

A very rare sighting of an NYPD tow truck. File art.

Ongoing Suspension of Scofflaw Towing Making Roadways Less Safe

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 18, 2022 | No Comments

The city has still not resumed hauling away the cars of tens of thousands of scofflaw drivers who rack up (and then don't pay) multiple infractions for their dangerous driving or also-dangerous selfishness — despite 2021 ending as the bloodiest year for road violence since 2013.

Two Pedestrians are Struck, One Killed, in Horrific Crashes in Brooklyn and Queens

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 14, 2022 | No Comments

Two pedestrians were hit, one fatally, in separate crashes on Thursday — and in both cases, the drivers were charged.

The wreckage of the car that killed Xing Long Lin back in April in Astoria. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Driver Who Killed Delivery Man Has Little Remorse, Few Answers

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 13, 2022 | No Comments

Maro Andrianou offered the same excuse for fatally running over 37-year-old Xing Long Lin that attorneys have argued is bogus

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