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Back for more. Here's Gov. Hochul in 2022 before she signed the expansion of New York City's speed cameras. Now she hopes to let New York City reduce its speed limits. File photo: Darren McGee / Governor's office

State of the State: Hochul Seeks to Let New York City Lower its Speed Limits

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2023 | No Comments

Gov. Hochul has fully endorsed a state legislative effort to allow New York City to set — and reduce — its own speed limits, announcing in her State of the State address on Tuesday that she will introduce her own version of the existing "Sammy's Law" bill that the legislature has failed to pass previously.

The driver of an SUV on Friday crashed into the concrete barrier and fell down onto the LIRR train tracks, killing one man and critically injuring a woman inside. Photo: Julianne Cuba

SUV Plummets onto LIRR Tracks in Brooklyn, Killing One

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 30, 2022 | No Comments

“I thought the concrete barrier was gonna stop it but it didn't and it just went over," said a witness.

Scene of the crash: A pickup truck driver struck a moped rider at Grand Street and Graham Avenue in Williamsburg on Dec. 28. Photo: Citizen

Driver of Truck With 17 Speeding Tickets Fatally Hits Moped Rider In Williamsburg

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 28, 2022 | No Comments

A motorist whose company truck has a long history of dangerous driving, fatally struck a moped rider on a dangerous Williamsburg street on Wednesday morning.

Some of those who were killed by car drivers this year: (clockwise from top left) Alex Fakih, Jack Mikulincer, Eric Salitzky, Ronald Smith and Carling Mott.

In Memoriam: So Many Lives Lost to Road Violence — And So Many Lessons We Could Be Learning

By Streetsblog | Dec 26, 2022 | No Comments

In a twist on our annual story, we'll look at the specific details behind some of the year's most tragic deaths in hopes that the city and its drivers can learn some valuable lessons about keeping the most vulnerable road users safe.

NYPD Transportation Bureau Chief Kim Royster (left) met with the family of Andrew McMorris, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2018, at a press conference about reducing drunk driving (inset). Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

How to Cut Drunk Driving — Discourage the Drinking … Or the Driving?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 22, 2022 | No Comments

New York transportation officials are backing a bill that has been proposed more or less every year, yet never makes it out of committee. There has to be a better way.

A reckless driver strikes a pedestrian with the light and in the crosswalk in Bath Beach. Photo: YouTube

SEE IT: Pedestrian Struck by Reckless Driver in Bath Beach

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2022 | No Comments

It's so horrifying to see — yet, apparently, there's nothing to see here.

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