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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopIt’s finally warm outside, and those summer nights are here. The sun won’t go down until 8:29pm [http://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/new-york] this lovely evening. You may be craving some time out in your weekend schedule for a bit
summons
As one of the more traffic-conscious police precincts in the city, with recent failure-to-yield stings [/blog/crime/16-summonses-issued-to-drivers-for-failure-to-yield-since-thursday] , pedestrian education [/blog/transportation/nypd-reminds-pedestrians-to-be-safe-too-with-new-posters], and increased attention to cyclist safety in Prospect Park [/blog/crime/prospect-park-safety-in-the-spotlight-again-following-deadly-cyclist-pedestrian-crash-in-central-park] , it may come as no surprise to lea
drivers
Starting last night, the NYPD will be cracking down on people using cell phones while driving and failing to yield to pedestrians in a citywide initiative that will run through midnight Tuesday, and then again for another 24 hours starting at midnight on Friday, May 16. The use of a
Failure To Yield
After receiving a lot of flack for not issuing a single ticket for speeding [/blog/crime/apparently-no-drivers-are-speeding-in-park-slope] one month last year, the 78th Precinct seems to be stepping up its game in 2014. They’re currently running “failure-to-yield” stings in our area, and have issued 16 summonses to drivers since
summons
Remember about a month ago when The New York World took a look [/blog/news/the-summons-issue] at where summonses were handed out, and what they were for? And how though there were 350,000 issued in NYC in 2011, just 76 of those were in Park Slope? Well, The New
pink slips
The New York World (“get inside your government”) just released a report [http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/09/05/nypd-improbable-cause/] on the geography of the city’s 350,000 pink slips — NYPD-issued summonses for minor and minor-ish infractions like public drinking, unreasonable noise, marijuana possession, and reckless driving. Like the