Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Cycle of Rage

Cycle of Rage Joy: DOT’s New Cargo Bike Paves the Way to a Smaller Future

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 30, 2023 | No Comments

It's a dream ride even if it doesn't ride like a dream.

TRUMP ARRAIGNMENT SPECIAL: Bad Day for a President, Great Day for Cyclist in Lower Manhattan

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 4, 2023 | No Comments

All it took was the historic arraignment of a former President of the United States to get the NYPD and the state court system to keep the Centre Street bike lane clear.

A montage of how cars defile a sculpture by Lorenzo Pace (inset).

CYCLE OF RAGE: Why Does the Parks Dept. Let Drivers Defile Black History?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 24, 2023 | No Comments

New York City would never allow people to park on top of its Holocaust memorial. And it would never let people drive on a major civil rights monument. Nor would it let people spew pollution at a national cemetery. Except that it would.

Cycle of Rage: One Hand Whitewashes the Other on NYPD Plate Defacing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 9, 2023 | No Comments

A field report after Streetsblog seeks disciplinary records on 12 cops who defaced their plates.

The plate clearly ends in 0, but this driver got a ticket because a driver covered the 8 on his plate so that it looked like a 0.

CYCLE OF RAGE: The Human Cost of ‘Criminal Mischief’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 17, 2023 | No Comments

Don't tell these people that plate defacing is a victimless crime.

The End of ‘Criminal Mischief’? A Reflection on Three Months of Field Work

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 25, 2023 | No Comments

For three months, our Streetsblog NYC editor has been exposing one of New York City's great scams: drivers (mostly cops) who deface their license plates to avoid speed-camera tickets. Well, it's time to hang up the paint pen and screwdriver.

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