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Eric Adams (with Sammy Eckstein's grandmother Joan Dean) got the StreetsPAC endorsement on Tuesday

Wednesday’s Headlines: Eric Adams is On a Roll Edition

By Streetsblog | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

The big story yesterday was that Eric Adams had grabbed the coveted (er, entirely expected) endorsement of StreetsPAC, the city's only political action committee devoted to safe streets. Plus other news.

Car companies try to make them look romantic or heroic, but they're really a menace to society and vulnerable road users.

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: New York Needs SUV Ratings — Now

By Andrew Gounardes | Oct 18, 2021 | No Comments

The assault vehicles killing our children and seniors require a warning label, argues State Sen. Andrew Gounardes.

A memorial for baby Apolline at the corner of Vanderbilt and Gates avenues. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Reckless Driver Pleads Not Guilty for Wrong-Way Crash that Killed Baby Apolline

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2021 | No Comments

The recidivist reckless driver now facing assault and manslaughter charges for killing a 3-month-old baby at a Brooklyn intersection last month pleaded not guilty on Thursday — even though he confessed and apologized for the crime when cops finally collared him after a frenzied and violent attempt to flee, prosecutors said.

Keith Wright and his lawyer, Anthony Ricco (left) leaving Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Powerful Manhattan Pol Says He Did Not Break State Law When He Doored Cyclist* And Fled^

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 12, 2021 | No Comments

* Dooring a cyclist is a crime. ^So is fleeing the scene of a crash before cops get there. So Keith Wright is likely in trouble.

Justice for Baby Apolline. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor, Lander, Gutman: Much-Touted ‘Safe-Driving’ Courses May Not Work, So Let’s Build on Them

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

Politicians who have hailed driver education courses as a linchpin of their efforts to rid the streets of bad drivers are now admitting that they — and other pols who aren't them — need to do even more. You think?

The Department of Sanitation has been promising for two years that New York will get some below-grade trash containers. We're still waiting. Photo: Marvel Architects and Recycle Track Systems, in partnership with Sam Schwartz Engineering and HR&A Advisors

Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way

By Eve Kessler | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.

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