Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about 311

A line of unticketed cars parking in the bike lane in Upper Manhattan.

Tipster Says NYPD Threatened Him for Filing Complaints About Illegal Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 21, 2022 | No Comments

Cops allegedly sent obnoxious text messages to a cyclist last week after he reported illegally parked cars blocking the bike lane and crosswalks in upper Manhattan. Again.

We've won the Silurian! Photo: Streetsblog Photoshop Desk

Tuesday’s Headlines: Our Cup Runneth Over Edition

By Streetsblog | Jun 7, 2022 | No Comments

Our reporter Jesse Coburn's investigation into the NYPD's mishandling of 311 calls has won an Investigative Reporting award from the Silurians Press Club! Plus other news.

Tuesday’s Headlines: Trouble in Mayberry Edition

By Streetsblog | Mar 1, 2022 | No Comments

Our old man editor has a kinda funny story about his experience with 311 yesterday. Plus all the other news.

The city covered over a sunken part of 40th Drive in Queens on Friday — but only after a cyclist was killed after failing into the depressed roadway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Covers Up Failure After Cyclist Death, With Hastily Made Repair

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 28, 2022 | No Comments

The caved-in pavement on 40th Drive in Elmhurst that knocked 77-year-old Lin Wen-Chiang off his bike late on Thursday night, causing his death, has been hastily patched by city workers — too late, of course, to save him.

City Hall Condemns Death Threats to 311 User Who Filed Illegal Parking Complaint to NYPD

By Jesse Coburn | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

The statement followed a Streetsblog story Wednesday about the series of threatening phone calls a Park Slope resident received after he filed a 311 complaint to the NYPD about a truck parked illegally in a bus stop.

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.

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