Vehicles registered with the Business Integrity Commission have been caught speeding past schools and running red lights at an alarming rate, according to an amNewYork analysis of traffic camera violations.
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Garbage trucks registered with BIC run red lights at alarming rate: Analysis
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Homeless advocates call on NYC to build thousands of affordable units
A coalition of advocates for the homeless gathered on the steps of City Hall Tuesday to demand Mayor Bill de Blasio commit to building thousands of new apartments to combat homelessness.
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Autonomous cars hit the streets at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
A fleet of autonomous cars hit the pavement in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday, marking the first commercial deployment of self-driving cars in the Empire State.
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Sunset Park bike lane along Fourth Avenue gets push from DOT commissioner
Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue bike lane is on a fast track. City Council members were joined by DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg and safe streets advocates in Sunset Park, where they outlined plans to speed up the implementation of the delayed plan for a parking-protected bike lane.
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Hundreds of Cyclists Stage Mass ‘Die-In’ to Protest Growing Number of NYC Fatalities
Nearly 1,000 bike messengers, bike commuters, delivery cyclists, bike share riders, and teenagers on fixies had laid their bikes and bodies on the ground in a mass “die-in,” meant to bring attention to the steadily climbing rate of cyclists and pedestrians dying on New York City streets.
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NYC cyclists call out blocked bike lanes after fatal midtown crash
Bicyclists frustrated with the police response to a midtown crash that left a 20-year-old cyclist dead are flooding Instagram with footage of blocked bike lanes across the city.
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Atlantic Ticket program extends LIRR rider discounts for another year
Commuters riding the Long Island Rail Road between Atlantic Terminal and nine stations in Brooklyn and Queens will get another year of discounted travel with the extension of the $5 Atlantic Ticket program.
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E-bike advocates deliver pizzas to Sen. Krueger’s midtown office
Advocates organized a pizza delivery campaign to State Sen. Liz Krueger’s office as a creative protest supporting legislation to legalize e-bikes statewide.
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A revamped Ocean Bay campus transitions away from the traditional NYCHA setup
If you stand in the right spot at the Ocean Bay apartment complex in Far Rockaway, you might mistake the neatly trimmed lawns and spotless walkways for those of Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan.
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A Man was Run Down and Killed 5 Years Ago on Rockaway Blvd. Nothing Has Been Done to Prevent Another Death
Airport worker Erik Johnson will be mourned at the corner where he lost his life in 2013 by a family still wondering why the death did not lead to change.
