Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ray Kelly

Transportation Alternatives Launches Probe Into NYPD Crash Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2011 | 9 Comments

Transportation Alternatives today delivered over 2,500 citizen letters to Ray Kelly demanding that NYPD crack down on dangerous driving, and announced a comprehensive probe into how the department handles traffic crash investigations. Flanked by dozens of supporters and victims of traffic violence at 1 Police Plaza, TA executive director Paul Steely White excoriated NYPD for […]

Victim’s Family to NYPD: Tell Us What Happened to Our Son

By Brad Aaron | Oct 26, 2011 | 21 Comments

The family of Mathieu Lefevre, the 30-year-old artist killed by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike in East Williamsburg last week, was joined by dozens of supporters outside 1 Police Plaza today to demand that NYPD rein in deadly driving and end its policy of silence when it comes to fatal traffic crashes. Paul […]

Assembly Member Kellner Calls on Vance, Kelly to Enforce Street Safety Laws

By Ben Fried | Dec 9, 2010 | 5 Comments

On Tuesday, 21-year-old Jason King was killed by a truck driver while walking across Madison Avenue in the crosswalk. According to police, the driver overshot his destination, decided to back up, and ran over King in reverse, dragging him 30 feet before coming to a stop. NYPD decided not to charge the driver with anything […]

DOT Launches Speed Limit PSAs; NYPD to Target Speeding, Failure-to-Yield

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2010 | 12 Comments

NYC DOT and NYPD jointly announced some new street safety initiatives today. Harking back to the release this summer of DOT’s Pedestrian Safety Study and Action Plan, Janette Sadik-Khan and Ray Kelly came out with plans to increase awareness about the dangers of speeding and to target more police enforcement on speeding and failure-to-yield violations. […]

Waiting for Raymond: New Yorkers Want Zero Tolerance for Speeding

By Ben Fried | Oct 5, 2010 | 13 Comments

Have a look at the un-scientific poll nested inside Michael Daly’s excellent Daily News column on speeding enforcement (penned in response to the case of Eric Hakimisefat, the 16-year-old un-licensed driver who killed a passenger after reaching 63 mph on a Midwood street and crashing into a tree). Currently, two-thirds of respondents think that all […]

Kelly Absolves Officers in Fatal Harlem Chase; De Blasio Shows Interest

By Brad Aaron | Jun 24, 2010 | 4 Comments

Sister Mary Celine Graham died for $23 and a Blackberry. That’s what armed thieves are said to have stolen from a young Columbia alum prior to being pulled over by police in Central Harlem, and before one of them sped south on Lenox Avenue in the minivan that soon hit another vehicle and spun into […]

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