According to the NYPD, the driver of the black luxury sedan was traveling southbound on McGuinness Boulevard at around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday when he or she slammed into the pedestrian at the intersection of Bayard Street.
Mayor de Blasio caved to the demands from the state-controlled MTA to send even more cops into the subway system — a decision that underscored how easily this mayor is cowed, but also paves the way for a new approach by whoever is sworn in next year.
The debate followed its moderators' framing of topics that are certainly important — policing, homelessness, the economy, and education — but Streetsblog readers can be forgiven if they tuned out: the word "transportation" was not uttered once.