Central Brooklyn
Over the last year, traffic deaths and injuries caused by garbage trucks have dominated news cycles and community board meetings, with Brooklyn residents among those calling for stricter enforcement from the city on violations by private carting trucks. The message finally got through, it seems, and the NYPD has started
Bushwick
Councilmember Reynoso speaking at a press conference calling for reform to the private carting industry this spring (Via Twitter)After a waste equity bill aimed at capping the level of municipal garbage handled by certain neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx failed to pass last year, a new bill—
Greenpoint
NORTH BROOKLYN – At the community council meeting for the 94th precinct last week, residents of Greenpoint and Williamsburg voiced concerns about truck traffic in their neighborhoods. Truck traffic—and accidents—have been under a microscope after the death of Neftaly Ramirez [/garbage-truck-struck-killed-bicyclist-greenpoint-identified/], a bicyclist struck and killed by a garbage
News
The intersection of Franklin and Noble Streets, Greenpoint (via Google Maps)The garbage truck that struck and killed a 27-year-old bicyclist on Saturday has been identified, according to DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170726/greenpoint/neftaly-ramirez-hit-and-run-truck-driver-new-jersey?utm_source=Brooklyn&utm_campaign=298f50c83f-Mailchimp-NYC&utm_medium=email&