Liam Quigley

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  • ‘We are in a state of emergency’: 6th drowning reported at NYC beaches this summer

    Parks, hidden, Gothamist
    July 25, 2024
  • Erosion is causing ‘extremely hazardous’ conditions on Riis Beach, where 2 teens were swept to sea

    hidden, Parks, Gothamist
    zip:11694
    June 30, 2024

    Erosion is rapidly washing away the shoreline of Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway — and the National Park Service says the ongoing problem has created “extremely hazardous” swimming conditions in an area of the beach where two teenage boys were swept out to sea last week.

  • Hundreds stuck waiting for reopened Astoria Pool that Mayor Adams just deemed a success

    Parks, hidden, Gothamist
    zip:11102, park:astoria-park
    June 27, 2024
  • NYC treading water as lifeguard shortage lingers for another summer

    Parks, hidden, Gothamist
    June 19, 2024
  • Mega-Cars Violate Brooklyn Bridge Weight Ban with Impunity

    hidden, Streetsblog
    zip:11201, zip:10038
    March 27, 2024

    Vehicles that tip the scales at more than three tons are barred from the Brooklyn Bridge to reduce wear on the historic span.

  • What I learned researching every drunk driving cop for three years

    hidden, Do You Know What These Are?
    February 9, 2024

    I collected 217 alleged drunk driving incidents involving NYPD officers dating to 2001. I used press clips, an NYPD disciplinary database, and in a few cases, an obscure federal road safety tracker. Here’s what I learned.

  • Hey, check out the cool (and fake!) plates you can order with a few mouse clicks

    hidden, Streetsblog
    2024-0130
    January 30, 2024

    Paper temp tags are so last year. You can get real metal plates — untraceable ones — all over the internet.

  • ‘A miracle’: Queens residents get excited about IBX, but new rail line likely won’t come any time soon

    hidden, Queens Daily Eagle
    zip:11373
    November 22, 2023

    Queens residents filed into an Elmhurst elementary school last week to hear MTA officials pitch the Interborough Express, a proposed light rail line to connect Queens to Brooklyn that could eventually eliminate an aggravating and time-consuming trip through Manhattan for thousands of riders a day.

  • NYC waste reform has a dump-truck-sized blind spot

    hidden, Do You Know What These Are?
    Do you know what these are, 2023-1025
    November 10, 2023

    Many of the most dangerous vehicles registered to haul waste in the city won’t be covered in new system meant to reduce deaths.

  • NYPD tow truck driver fatally strikes 7-Year-old Boy in Fort Greene: ‘She was on her phone’

    hidden, Hell Gate
    2023-1026, zip:11205
    October 26, 2023

    “If it wasn’t for the housing workers and all the people outside stopping her from moving, she would have kept going.”