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Cops don't care — and the roads are poorly designed, says a former mayoral aide.

CYCLE OF RAGE: In Defense of Fast-Fingered Former Mayoral Aide Eric Phillips

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 10 Comments

Former mayoral aide Eric Phillips made a gaffe on Tuesday night — but in doing so revealed the essential truth that the de Blasio administration doesn't care about really fixing the problem of road fatalities.

The woman on the left had a little too much to say.

Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 29, 2018 | 40 Comments

Seriously, what is this woman thinking?

Cyclist Assaulted on Hudson River Greenway

By Ben Fried | May 13, 2011 | 80 Comments

A cyclist was injured after a man kicked in the front wheel of his bike on the Hudson River Greenway near 24th Street yesterday evening. The victim, Michael Mandiberg, was hospitalized with cuts and bruises before being discharged later last night, according to his Twitter feed. Several people witnessed the unprovoked assault, and the assailant […]

DA Offers Plea to Road Rager Gonzalez

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2010 | 7 Comments

The DA’s office has not contacted the witness who took this photograph of Gus Gonzalez last May. At a hearing in criminal court on Monday, Manhattan prosecutors offered a plea deal to Gus Gonzalez, the driver who assaulted cyclist Ray Bengen in the Ninth Avenue bike lane last May. Gonzalez had been charged with third […]

Ninth Ave Road Rage Case: Bengen Cleared; Gonzalez Files to Dismiss

By Ben Fried | Nov 25, 2009 | 5 Comments

Gus Gonzalez and his Ford Excursion were caught on camera after knocking cyclist Ray Bengen to the pavement back in May. We’ve got a quick update on the legal aftermath of the Ninth Avenue road rage case, in which the Manhattan DA’s office charged both cyclist Ray Bengen and SUV driver Gus Gonzalez. The DA […]

Eyes on the Street: Disrespect, and Defiance, at the Bus Stop

By Brad Aaron | Nov 2, 2009 | 11 Comments

This was the scene in Washington Heights Friday evening, after this guy, along with two others, parked their gigantic rental truck directly in front of a trio of elderly people waiting for the M4 at W. 187th Street and Fort Washington Avenue. Rather than sit passively with the spewing behemoth a few feet from their […]

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