Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage

The History of a Movement, Part III: The Death of Dante Curry

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 10, 2021 | No Comments

"After marking a hundred streets with strangers’ names and body outlines, we were making a memorial to someone with whom we had a tangible, almost intimate connection. A child." Our seven-part series continues...

The pedestrian was crossing Park Avenue with the light, cops said. Photo: Google

Bronx Pedestrian Killed by Driver Who Remains Uncharged

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Bronx man who was hit and badly injured by a driver at a busy intersection in the Bathgate section has died of his injuries, police said on Thursday, the latest death in the bloodiest year of Mayor de Blasio's Vision Zero initiative.

Andrew Cuomo, demonstrating his power over the MTA. File photo: Dave Colon

Thursday’s Headlines: Feeding at the Subway Trough Edition

By Eve Kessler | Dec 9, 2021 | No Comments

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority handed its subway cops oodles of unplanned, unbudgeted overtime from 2018-20. Plus other news from yesterday.

INSIDE BASEBALL: Is DOT Ready For New Role as Overseer of Crash Investigations and Press Reports?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

Many questions remain just three weeks before the agency gains far more control over the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.

The History of a Movement, Part II: Raising the Stenciling Stakes

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 8, 2021 | No Comments

This installment focuses on initial media coverage of the movement.

Justice for Baby Apolline. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

GRIPE SESSION: Departing Council Member Cumbo Gives Parting Gift to Car Owners

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 7, 2021 | No Comments

"The issue is also about parking," said Cumbo, one of many elected officials in this low-lying coastal city that fail to connect the dots between excessive driving and global climate change.

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