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The truck driver who killed a 3-year-old boy in Harlem last year says it was the mother's fault for not holding his hand. Photo: Citizen

Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 25, 2020 | No Comments

“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”

Council Member Brad Lander. File photo: Stephen Miller

Lander ‘Reckless Driver’ Bill Will Seize Far Fewer Cars Than Originally Thought

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 7, 2020 | No Comments

Any combination of five red light or speeding tickets were originally enough to get your car seized. Now it's five red light tickets or 15 speeding tickets.

If any one group deserves an award for alerting officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets.

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Wednesday’s Headlines: Road Violence is a Public Health Emergency Edition

By Streetsblog | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

If any one group deserves an award for alerting city officials about the danger of road violence, it is Families for Safe Streets. Plus the other news from yesterday.

A montage of mayhem — with the solution in the center.

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City Not Using Camera Tickets to Crack Down on Reckless Cabbies

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2020 | No Comments

The Taxi and Limousine Commission claims it does not have the authority to take cabbies off the road for multiple camera-issued speeding tickets. But others say it does.

A cement truck driver killed an elderly woman with a cane in Borough Park last week: Citizen

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NYPD: Two People Killed By Truck Drivers Within Hours of Each Other on Tuesday

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

Two people were killed in as many hours by the drivers of massive trucks on Tuesday morning — one a 10-year-old boy and the other an elderly woman, a pattern of carnage that picks up where last year left off.

Just a few of the 219 people who were killed on NYC streets in 2019.

In Memoriam 2019: The Lives We Lost (And The Drivers Who Weren’t Charged)

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 6, 2020 | No Comments

The primary cause of death on New York City roadways remains reckless drivers. Yet more than half have not been charged. Here's our annual tribute to the dead — and our annual call for action.

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