City’s ‘Open Streets’ Program Sparked Economic Growth During Pandemic, New Report Shows
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Maybe this will silence the skeptics.
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![Transportation Committee Chair Selvena Brooks-Powers has racked up a lot of speeding tickets on her gray Nissan. [Editor's note: We have diffused the Council member's plate because her office said that showing the plate "puts her and her family at risk."] Photos: Julianne Cuba (main); Gersh Kuntzman (inset)](https://old.nyc.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/selvena-brooks-powers-car-with-SBP-diffused-plate2.jpg?w=312)
EXCLUSIVE: Council’s Transportation Chair’s Car Sped Through School Zones 17 Times in a Year
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Do as I say, not as I do.
INVESTIGATION: Whatever Happened to that Reckless Driver Who Totaled Brooklyn War Memorial?
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Here's a deep dive on one single reckless driver with a singularly bad driving record who caused a single crash in Brooklyn — a story of civic dysfunction and basic lack of follow up.
AW, SHUCKS: Driver in Explosive War Monument Crash with 120 Tickets Was Almost About to be Held Accountable
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In the wake of Sunday's crash, New Yorkers are again asking how the owner of a car with 120 speeding and red light tickets was even allowed behind the wheel.
Ongoing Suspension of Scofflaw Towing Making Roadways Less Safe
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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.
Reckless Driver Pleads Not Guilty for Wrong-Way Crash that Killed Baby Apolline
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The recidivist reckless driver now facing assault and manslaughter charges for killing a 3-month-old baby at a Brooklyn intersection last month pleaded not guilty on Thursday — even though he confessed and apologized for the crime when cops finally collared him after a frenzied and violent attempt to flee, prosecutors said.