Study Links Rise of SUVs to the Pedestrian Safety Crisis
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SUVs are designed for death. And they're dominating the U.S. auto market.
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Reynoso: Business Integrity Commission “Incapable” of Regulating Private Trash Haulers
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Council sanitation chair Reynoso and his colleagues want the BIC to revoke the operating license of Sanitation Salvage, which has been involved in two fatalities since November.
After 2 Deaths in 6 Months, Council Members Want Sanitation Salvage Trucks Off NYC Streets
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The Business Integrity Commission has regulatory power over private waste carters, but has failed to hold Sanitation Salvage accountable for its abhorrent safety record.
NYC’s Private Trash Truck Mayhem Goes From Bad to Worse
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The number of crashes in the city involving the 20 largest private trash truck operators nearly doubled in the two-year period ending February 28.
South Bronx to Cuomo: Don’t Cut Off Hunts Point From the Bronx River With Another Highway
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State DOT nixed neighborhood advocates' preferred plan, which would have routed trucks bound for the Hunts Point Market away from the residential part of the neighborhood.
NYPD Rejects Request for Records on Hit-and-Run Killing of Neftaly Ramirez
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As long as police and prosecutors refuse to disclose information about the death of Neftaly Ramirez, the public has no way to know how they determined not to press charges.