ANALYSIS: So You Wanna Be New York City Mayor, Huh?
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We asked candidates what they thought on a raft of street-safety issues. Here's what WE thought.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD
DECISION 2021: How Should the Next Mayor Rein In the NYPD?
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Here's the frank assessment of 10 would-be mayors of de Blasio's many failures — and how to fix them.
DOI REPORT: NYPD Inappropriately Used Bikes As Weapons
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“Our general finding is those tactics were overused in a disproportionate way," the Department of Investigations commissioner says.
OPINION: NYPD’s ‘Bike Safety’ Tweets are a Joke
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The NYPD loves to tweet photos of officers handing out bike safety pamphlets to cyclists. But is this really a good role for the police, to stop people on bikes and make them take a flier on how it's their fault when they get hit by someone driving a car?
A Round and a Roundy: How the NYPD Investigates Crashes (Poorly)
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Our editorial cartoonist was upset after reading our post about shoddy policing that absolved a driver off who had just rammed her car into a cyclist on the Second Avenue "protected" bike lane. So he made this.
Monday’s Headlines: Another Weaponized Car Edition
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The big story of the weekend was the first story of the weekend: On Friday afternoon, a Queens woman drove into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters, injuring six. Plus the other news.