Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Police Misconduct

Campaign To Remove NYPD From Traffic Enforcement Picks Up Endorsement From State’s Top Prosecutor

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2020 | No Comments

But on Tuesday, Mayor de Blasio said he's still comfortable with cops doing traffic stops — as long as they're done in a "nondiscriminatory manner."

Mayor de Blasio with the NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea — together before COVID. File photo: NYC Mayor's Office

OPINION: Mayor de Blasio Must Hold NYPD To Account for Bronx Assault

By Ida Sawyer | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

Police abuses of Mott Haven protesters in June violated international law, says Human Rights Watch.

Many Jews symbolically cast bread upon the water to atone for their sins.

Monday’s Headlines: Day of Atonement Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 28, 2020 | No Comments

We'll spend Monday's Yom Kippur holiday doing what we always do: demanding that our public officials atone for their sins of not designing safe streets. Meanwhile, here's the news you might have missed from the weekend:

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How Cop ‘Courtesy Cards’ Keep Dangerous Drivers on the Roads

By Kea Wilson | Sep 4, 2020 | No Comments

NYC PBA and its ilk feed traffic violence across the nation with a corrupt perk.

Council Member Steve Levin (disembodied arm at right) gestures towards a family that is being forced into danger by an illegally parked, FDNY-placard-bearing car. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Friday’s Headlines: Steve Levin Takes on the Placard Class Edition

By Streetsblog | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

Placard perps are on notice (you know, like the time before and the time before that). Plus all the other news.

Police officers and employees at the 34th Precinct have some of the worst driving records in the city. File photo: Ben Verde

ANOTHER RETREAT: De Blasio Fails to Rein in Recklessly Driving Police Officers

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

In the end, de Blasio defined police deviancy down.

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