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Safety

Construction workers standing on the roof of a building site

Hochul Passes Carlos’s Law, Raising Criminal Fines for Construction Deaths

Governor Kathy Hochul passed Carlos's Law, increasing criminal penalties for construction companies responsible for the death or injury of workers.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Construction workers balance on scaffolding at a work site in Chelsea.

Scaffolding Deaths Are Claiming New York’s Immigrant Workers in an Industry Lacking Accountability

Scaffolding-related deaths make construction one of New York City's deadliest occupations. A bill waiting for Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature could help change that, bt it faces fierce opposition from he construction and real estate lobbies.
By Courtney Vinopal and Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

The Hidden Costs of Snapchat’s New Safety Feature

Snapchat said live location sharing with friends through Snap Map does not get used for geo-targeted marketing. 
By Isabella Simonetti
The outside of LaGuardia Airport on Dec. 20, 2015 in New York City.

New York City Sees Safest Traffic Year Since 1910, Bill de Blasio Says

By Madina Toure
The New York City Marathon in November 2016.

New York City Marathon to Have ‘A Lot of Police Presence,’ Officials Say

By Madina Toure
Police Commissioner James O'Neill, left; Mayor Bill de Blasio, center; and NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce, right, at a press conference on a fatal school stabbing in the Bronx.

City Investigating Fatal School Stabbing in the Bronx

By Madina Toure
Is it safe to cross?

Making Driverless Cars Safe for People on Foot

By Michael Clamann
Radar sensors are seen on a car equipped with LIDAR, radar, cameras and GPS units using PolySync autonomy system development for creating and deploying driverless vehicles.

It’s Pedal to the Metal for Driverless Cars

By William Messner
The ROBORanger.

This Grenade-Like GPS Alarm Could Save Your Life

By Brady Dale
Firefighters work at the scene following an overnight fire that claimed the lives of at least nine people at a warehouse in the Fruitvale neighborhood on December 3, 2016 in Oakland, California. The warehouse was hosting an electronic music party. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Imag

After the Oakland Fire, We Can’t Wait for NYC to Save Our Art Spaces

By Justin Joffe
A mother and her children look at the range of school supplies in a supermarket of Englos, northern France, on July 9, 2013, ahead of the start of the classes in September. AFP PHOTO/ DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)

These Four Products, Including a Spying Teddy Bear, Track Your Kids

By Brady Dale
The United States should apply the same protections to its F-35 jet fleet as the Israelis are, according to cybersecurity expert Richard Blech.

Airlines Can’t Wing It Anymore Against Hackers

By John Bonazzo
A New York Police officer demarcates a crime scene in the Bronx.

The New York I Never Imagined—for Better, for Worse

By Jeff Greenfield
Meredith Perry, uBeam

Wireless Charging: uBeam’s Headache and Nausea Question

By Brady Dale

The Awful MTA Safety Posters: A Dissection

By Mark Copyranter Duffy
(via danah boyd)

Calm Down, Grown-Ups: Teens Are Using Social Media to Take Back Control, danah boyd Says

By Jack Smith IV
Photo;

New Council Begins Work by Overturning Bloomberg Vetoes

By Kelly Weill
Staten Island borough president endorses mayoral candidate Joe Lhota during a press conference today.

Joe Lhota Suggests Bill de Blasio Has ‘No Soul’

By Kamelia Kilawan
Nik Wallenda walks without any harnesses or any safety precautions on a tightrope stretched across the Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon on June 23, 2013. The two-inch (five-centimeter) thick wireline starting from a Navajo reservation just outside of the Grand Canyon National Park is suspended 1,500 feet (450 meters) above the ground (about 50 feet higher than the Empire State Building) and is 1,400 feet long (about the length of five football fields). US daredevil Nik Wallenda became the first man to cross the Grand Canyon on a tightrope Sunday, completing his latest record-breaking feat in just under 23 minutes. AFP PHOTO /JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

NYPD Says Nik Wallenda’s Skyscraper Stunt Won’t Fly

By Jill Colvin
Anger

Will Citi Bikes Be Even More Reviled Than Their Racks? Is That Even Possible?

By Kim Velsey
Bill de Blasio, Steve Buscemi, and Vampire Weekend. (Screengrab: YouTube)

The NYPD Cares About Your Lost or Stolen iPhone, Really

By Steve Huff

Not Moving Out: City Life’s the Life for We

By The Editors
It it tents, or crime, that is on the rise in Zuccotti Park?

Someone to Watch Over Me: On the Front Lines with Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Safety Cluster’

By Drew Grant

Marty Mocks Bikes While People Perish

By Matt Chaban
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