Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Streetsblog Investigates

INVESTIGATION: City School Streets are Uniquely Dangerous

By Jesse Coburn | May 24, 2022 | No Comments

A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.

Eric Adams and Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Deborah Glick wanted speed cameras renewed and extended. But they failed to get larger provisions.

Anatomy of a Sausage: How a Great Bill Got Gutted in Albany’s Mediocrity Factory

By Julianne Cuba | May 23, 2022 | No Comments

The result, though, is a watered-down bill that shelved tools to rein in reckless drivers that its sponsors Sen. Andrew Gounardes and Assembly Member Deborah Glick said would be transformative.

Analysis: New York’s Speed Cameras Aren’t Racist — But the City’s Road Design Is

By Julianne Cuba and Brian Howald | Feb 14, 2022 | No Comments

Speed cameras are not disproportionately concentrated in low-income communities of color, despite a pervasive belief that the cameras are a money-making ploy that unfairly target Black and Brown neighborhoods, a Streetsblog analysis reveals.

Death Threats Follow Brooklyn Man's Complaints to 311 and NYPD

By Jesse Coburn | Feb 9, 2022 | No Comments

The calls were by far the most extreme of any documented by Streetsblog in its investigation of 311.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 26, 2022 | No Comments

"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.

Are Cops Writing the Tickets They Say They Are Following 311 Complaints?

By Jesse Coburn | Nov 24, 2021 | No Comments

The NYPD rarely reports ticketing drivers in response to 311 complaints about blocked bike lanes, city data shows. But a new Streetsblog analysis raises doubts whether officers are even writing the tickets that they say they are.

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