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Get in gear! What to know about the TD Five Boro Bike Tour pedaling through NYC on May 3
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (566+ words) Tens of thousands of cyclists will take over major thoroughfares throughout the Big Apple for the 48th annual TD Five Boro Bike Tour on May 3. The event, the nation's largest communal bike ride, will see 32, 000 cyclists embark on a 40-mile journey…...
Mamdani nixes Adams-era policy to criminally charge cyclists, e-bike riders for minor traffic offenses
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (593+ words) Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office announced on Wednesday that the NYPD will discontinue before the end of this month its practice of slapping bicyclists and e-bike riders with criminal summonses for minor traffic violations. On March 27, the NYPD will abandon the…...
Super Speeders: State Senate leaders include speed-limiter device bill in budget proposal, but Assembly does not
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (380+ words) A measure requiring serial "Super Speeders" to install speed-limiter technology in their vehicles was included by Democratic state Senate leadership in their budget proposal for the coming fiscal year, following Gov. Kathy Hochul introduction of similar legislation in her own…...
Op-Ed | The disappearance of the criminal jury trial
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (278+ words) In the American imagination, the criminal justice system is a theater of wood-paneled courtrooms, impassioned closing arguments, and the dramatic wait for a jury's verdict. But today, the reality of the system has shifted into the shadows of office hallways…...
Her 15-year-old son died subway surfing. Now this Alphabet City mother is taking Tik Tok and Instagram to court
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (1724+ words) Norma Nazario still remembers the knock at the door of her Alphabet City apartment the night her 15-year-old son, Zackery, died attempting the perilous activity that involves riding atop fast-moving subway trains as they speed through the city. It was…...