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Key New York City DAs Back Hochul on ‘Stop Super Speeders’
Manhattan and Brooklyn's top prosecutors are backing a budget proposal that would stop excessive speeders from endangering communities.
April 7, 2026
A Car Driver Ripped Off a Woman’s Leg in Broad Daylight
A Brooklyn driver drove onto a busy sidewalk in central Williamsburg and maimed a 33-year-old pedestrian. Why can't our officials prevent this kind of predictable incident?
December 10, 2025
Vision? Zero: Tragedy Underscores Shortcomings of Efforts to Make Ocean Parkway Safer
Road violence on Ocean Parkway is at its highest levels of the Vision Zero era — and despite millions of dollars of state safety improvements.
April 4, 2025
Hit-and-Run Killer Still At Large Amid Renewed Calls to Crack Down on Repeat Reckless Drivers
A hit-and-run motorist with a history of speeding remains on the lam — two days after killing one and injuring three others in Bushwick.
January 10, 2024
Groups Call on Hochul to Stop City’s ‘Predetermined’ Plan to Keep BQE
"The existing process will only lead to billions of city and state taxpayer dollars spent to simply preserve the failed and dangerous BQE with a Band-Aid," the groups said.
December 18, 2023
OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE
If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.
February 21, 2023
Op-Ed: Whose Streets? Our Streets!
At the heart of the protests is a demand for the end of racist policing of public space. Will our leaders stop the carnage?
June 9, 2020
Robbin’ Hoods! Brooklyn Pols Would Swipe Money From MTA And Give It To Verrazzano Drivers
More gifts for drivers — from four supposedly progressive leaders in Southern Brooklyn.
April 16, 2019
It’s Over! Street Safety Impediment Marty Golden Admits He’s a Loser
Years of fighting street-safety efforts add up to one thing: Marty Golden is now retired.
November 19, 2018
Cuomo: Marty Golden and ‘Trump’s Agenda’ Failed New York on Speed Cameras
Republican State Senator Marty Golden is too busy carrying President Trump's water to care about the "life and death" of his constituents, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
November 5, 2018
