Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bill Bratton

Bratton Resigns. Will James O’Neill Do Better on Street Safety?

By Ben Fried | Aug 2, 2016 | 19 Comments

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton announced today that he will leave NYPD next month, after a little more than two and a half years as police chief under Mayor de Blasio. He will be succeeded by James O’Neill, a career officer who currently serves as chief of department, the senior uniformed position within NYPD. On traffic safety, Bratton will […]

Bill Bratton Is in Denial About NYPD’s Deadly Drunk Driving Problem

By Brad Aaron | Jul 21, 2016 | 8 Comments

In the aftermath of another civilian death at the hands of an allegedly intoxicated off-duty officer, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says drunk driving cops are not a problem at NYPD. Nicholas Batka, 28, drove onto the sidewalk at Bedford Avenue and North Eighth Street in Williamsburg at around 3:10 a.m. Saturday, striking Andrew Esquivel and three friends. Esquivel, a […]

3 Sources of Cluelessness Conspire to Blame Victims for “Distracted Walking”

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 11, 2016 | 10 Comments

Oy. Not great to hear @CommissBratton talking about distracted walking as reason for increase in nationwide increase in ped fatalities. — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) March 10, 2016 For a policing icon who built his reputation on being data-driven, NYPD Commissioner William Bratton has a penchant for shooting from the hip on traffic safety. At the […]

Bratton on NYC’s Vision Zero Goal: “It Will Probably Remain Elusive”

By Brad Aaron | Mar 10, 2016 | 59 Comments

#HappeningNow: @CommissBratton speaks at @transalt's Vision Zero Cities Conference. #VisionZero2016 pic.twitter.com/flf4y3UNFs — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) March 10, 2016 If New York City hopes to achieve Vision Zero, it probably won’t happen on Police Commissioner Bill Bratton’s watch. Bratton kicked off the Vision Zero Cities conference, happening today and tomorrow at NYU, with a big helping […]

Bill Bratton Has the Perfect Response to a “Bike-Yield” Law for NYC

By Ben Fried | Nov 25, 2015 | 44 Comments

Yesterday Council Member Antonio Reynoso introduced a resolution calling for state traffic laws that recognize the differences between bikes and cars. The idea is that people on bikes should be able to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs, proceeding after they check for crossing pedestrians and motor vehicles and the coast is clear. Well, the […]

NYPD Isn’t Enforcing Mayor de Blasio’s Key Vision Zero Law

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2015 | 30 Comments

Within months of taking office, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law several bills intended to add teeth to his Vision Zero street safety initiative. In the year since taking effect, however, the most important of those laws was barely used by NYPD. The Right of Way Law, also known as Section 19-190, made it a […]

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