‘This Practice Won’t Continue’: City Hall Overrules NYPD on ‘Bike Theft’ Policy
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Hours after a Streetsblog report, City Hall issued a rare statement that upbraided cops for swiping non-abandoned wheels in Queens.
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A Round and a Roundy: The Mayor’s Answer to Everything
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A reminder that the only thing that seems to our mayor out of bed is cops (and allowing cops to park in bike lanes).
Robbery in Progress? NYPD Swipes Bikes Off Queens Street in Possibly Illegal Move
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Cops from the 107th Precinct in Queens boasted that they removed bikes that had been "illegally" chained to city property — but advocates likened the move to theft, and a noted lawyer said the police action was flat-out illegal.
REST IN PEACE, SARAH: Dangerous Williamsburg Intersection Gets Overdue Fix
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It's a safety fix that one victim's family says should have come sooner.
De Blasio’s Deadliest Year: A Senior is Killed By Driver in Bensonhurst
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A Bensonhurst woman is dead after she was run over by the driver of a pickup truck on Friday morning — just days after a six-year-old girl was killed while crossing the street with her mom not far from the scene of Friday's fatal crash.
Mayor Says (Again) that He’ll Look into NYPD Theft of Public Space (Which He Promised to Do Before)
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Mayor de Blasio once again promised on Friday to rein in rogue police precincts that continue to steal public sidewalks and streets in a way that endangers pedestrians, cyclists and drivers — a promise he has made before.