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Report: Forget Last Year — This Year is The Bloodiest Year Since Vision Zero Began

Report: Forget Last Year — This Year is The Bloodiest Year Since Vision Zero Began

Each yellow sign bore the name of one of the 1,800 victims of road violence since Mayor de Blasio took office.
CCRB Opens Probe into Police Driver Who Killed Man on Eastern Parkway

CCRB Opens Probe into Police Driver Who Killed Man on Eastern Parkway

Anthony Smith (inset) was killed by a police officer driving a van at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue.
Crown Heights residents: Speeding, car accidents are constant on St. John's Place

Crown Heights residents: Speeding, car accidents are constant on St. John's Place

Crown Heights residents say the presence of buses, speeding, and accidents on a congested, narrow street have them petrified to even leave the house. Residents say St. John's Place has become dangerous in recent months.
Man Tries To Sexually Assault Woman On Grand Army Plaza Bench: Cops

Man Tries To Sexually Assault Woman On Grand Army Plaza Bench: Cops

A man who followed a woman out of Grand Army Plaza station tried to sexually assault her, according to police. (NYPD.
Some NYC schools see more families opt out of state tests amid rising anxiety

Some NYC schools see more families opt out of state tests amid rising anxiety

State tests for third through eighth graders in English were given last month. The math tests will be administered on April 26 and 27.
Subway Attack Heightens Pressure on Mayor Adams to Combat Gun Violence

Subway Attack Heightens Pressure on Mayor Adams to Combat Gun Violence

In his 10th and final media appearance of the morning, Mayor Eric Adams stuck to the day’s message: He can push to get guns off the streets and flood the subway with police officers, but there is only so much the city can do to stop someone who is [.
New York Revives Its Alternate-Side Parking Ritual. Cue the Outrage.

New York Revives Its Alternate-Side Parking Ritual. Cue the Outrage.

New York City says that drivers will have to move their cars twice a week again so that dirty streets can be swept clean.
Accused Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James cried ‘like a little baby’ during frenzied manhunt: pizza worker

Accused Brooklyn subway shooter Frank James cried ‘like a little baby’ during frenzied manhunt: pizza worker

Suspected subway shooter Frank James cried like a baby at an East Village pizzeria the morning after his alleged rampage and amid cops’ frenzied manhunt for him, according to an eatery worker.
Black and Latinx New Yorkers reframe their experiences through archival photos

Black and Latinx New Yorkers reframe their experiences through archival photos

As a Black Indigenous Latina, Djali Brown-Cepeda , a filmmaker, archivist and founder of NuevaYorkinos and BLK THEN , never saw herself represented in media. She remembers watching TV shows and not seeing anyone who looked like her.
Flatbush Gang Member Convicted for Shooting, Killing Father Who Took Back Son’s Stolen Baseball Cap

Flatbush Gang Member Convicted for Shooting, Killing Father Who Took Back Son’s Stolen Baseball Cap

NEW YORK, NY – Adonis Barnett, 22, of Flatbush has been convicted of first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a 38-year-old father after he retrieved a baseball cap that members of the defendant’s gang had robbed from his son days earlier.