Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ray Kelly

Ray Kelly: NYPD Will Retire “Accident” and “Dead or Likely to Die” Rule

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2013 | 12 Comments

NYPD will increase the number of officers assigned to investigate serious traffic crashes, and will revise protocols that denied the possibility of justice to thousands of victims of vehicular violence, according to a letter from Commissioner Ray Kelly to the City Council. In another major shift, the department will stop using the word “accident” to […]

Mike Bloomberg’s NYPD Traffic Enforcement Blind Spot

By Brad Aaron | Mar 5, 2013 | 4 Comments

It’s not for nothing that Michael Bloomberg is known as a champion of traffic safety. He has given millions to reduce global road deaths, and the life-saving innovations that have become the hallmark of his DOT are setting the pace for cities across the U.S. This makes the mayor’s refusal to acknowledge NYPD’s traffic enforcement […]

Ray Kelly, Cy Vance, and the Post Are Why NYC Kids Need Crossing Guards

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2013 | 7 Comments

In case you missed it, after years of bashing the city’s efforts to make walking and cycling less dangerous, the editors of the New York Post have decided they care about children’s safety. But in its Saturday editorial persecuting the crossing guard who was not present when 6-year-old Amar Diarrassouba was fatally struck by a truck driver, […]

Ray Kelly Ignores Council Member Inquiry Into Death of Rubin Baum

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

NYPD is being characteristically closed-mouthed concerning the crash that killed Upper East Side pedestrian Rubin Baum, as Commissioner Ray Kelly has ignored a request from a City Council member to be apprised of the department’s investigation. Baum and his wife Denise were struck at Park Avenue and E. 59th Street on Saturday, September 22, as the couple […]

Stat Check: Manhattan Vehicular Killings Outpacing Gun Deaths in 2012

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2012 | 19 Comments

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced the indictments of 16 defendants allegedly involved in illegal gun trafficking. Said Vance, in a written statement: There have been 127 shooting incidents this year in Manhattan, with 152 victims. Nineteen of those victims were shot to death. Fortunately, shootings […]

DA: Cop Who Killed Bronx Pedestrian Had History of Drinking and Driving

By Brad Aaron | Oct 15, 2012 | 11 Comments

The Riverdale Press revealed last week what should have been a bombshell allegation of the sort that is splashed on front pages across the city. But it wasn’t picked up by other media outlets, nor was it the focus of the Riverdale Press story. Former NYPD detective Kevin Spellman is on trial for vehicular homicide for […]

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