Wednesday’s Headlines: Pedestrian Fatalities Mount Edition
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It's already an ugly year for road deaths. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD
UPDATE: Pedestrian Killed by Driver on Busy Brooklyn Street — And Driver is Charged
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A Brooklyn woman was struck and killed by a driver early Tuesday morning in a crash at an intersection where snow had still not been properly cleared. (Update: the driver was charged.)
Sanitation Driver Hits and Kills Moped Rider at Dangerous Brooklyn Intersection
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A Sanitation truck driver struck and killed a man on a motorized scooter or moped on Tuesday night in an industrial part of Brooklyn after making an apparently dangerous, though legal, turn.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Second Officer Dies After Harlem Shooting Edition
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The big story yesterday was the death of Officer Wilbert Mora, four days after his partner, Officer Jason Rivera, had died in the same shooting by man whose mother had called cops saying he had threatened her. Plus other news.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE? Experts Discuss Subway Crime, Death, Homelessness
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"There will be a humanitarian crisis until we pay to solve it," said one activist.
UPDATE: Two Pedestrians Killed in Manhattan Crosswalks
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Two pedestrians are dead after drivers mowed them both down in the crosswalk on the Upper East and West sides of Manhattan early Monday, according to police, but only one of the drivers was charged despite Mayor Adams's promise last week that the NYPD would begin a new crackdown on drivers who fail to yield.