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The NYPD is almost entirely focused on guns and shootings at the expense of cracking down on reckless drivers. (All gun photos from Police Commissioner Sewell's Twitter account)

NYPD’s Lackluster Enforcement Against Reckless Drivers Continued in Second Month of Supposed Crackdown

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 28, 2022 | No Comments

Remember that much-ballyhooed crackdown on drivers who fail to yield to pedestrians — the one Streetsblog debunked last month? Well, it's even more debunkable.

It is so hard to get reckless drivers off the road.

Mayor Says He’ll Act on Reckless Drivers, But Leaves Out the ‘How’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 27, 2022 | No Comments

HIzzoner said he would use his octopine enforcement arms to "find [reckless drivers] proactively, and get them off the streets." Details, however, have not been provided.