A bicyclist was injured last Friday morning after a collision with a delivery van at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 95th Street on the Upper West Side, according to the New York City Police Department. The crash occurred at approximately 11:20 a.m. when a white delivery van and…
By the NYC Bicycle Accident Attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf A 29-year-old female cyclist was injured in a hit-and-run crash on Sunday afternoon at the intersection of West 181st Street and Cabrini Boulevard in Washington Heights—an area residents say is notorious for reckless driving…
From the E-Bike Accident Attorneys at Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf Another fatal e-bike crash has claimed the life of a Queens resident, underscoring the rising dangers faced by cyclists and micromobility users on New York City streets. Zhao Feng Zhen, a 55-year-old woman from Bayside,…
What Cyclists Need to Know About Legal Recourse After the Bedford Avenue Lane Rollback The New York City Department of Transportation is set to remove three blocks of the protected bike lane on Bedford Avenue between Willoughby and Flushing Avenues—just months after the agency itself testified that the protected lane…
As NYC car accident lawyers who have spent decades representing the victims of reckless driving, we are deeply troubled by the NYPD’s current enforcement priorities. According to recent data, NYPD officers issued 13% fewer traffic tickets to motorists between April and June 2025 — even as criminal summonses against cyclists…
Legal options for families after the Chinatown tragedy involving an overdue Enterprise vehicle The tragic crash that unfolded in Manhattan’s Chinatown last Saturday morning has left New Yorkers shaken—and two families in mourning. According to police and prosecutors, a stolen blue Chevy Malibu, overdue by 17 days from an Enterprise Rent-A-Car,…
Queens Tragedy Raises Questions About NYPD Pursuit Practices and Accountability At Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf, our Queens car accident attorneys represent families whose lives have been shattered by high-speed police chases gone wrong. The recent death of 15-year-old Antonio “Anthony” Benitez—struck by an unlicensed driver…
A fatal crash in Queens, NYC, tragically ended the life of a local stand-up scooter rider during morning rush hour, underscoring the increasing dangers faced by micromobility users on city streets. According to the NYPD, 39-year-old Shaun Lagredelle was riding his electric scooter westbound on 116th Avenue in Cambria Heights…
As personal injury lawyers serving the Queens community — and as legal advocates who have seen firsthand the devastating consequences of bicycle accidents — we feel compelled to weigh in on a matter that’s deeply impacting our neighbors in Astoria: the proposed protected bike lane on 31st Street. This debate…
As New York City bicycle-accident attorneys, we question Mayor Eric Adams’s push to cap e-bike speeds at 15 mph. The proposal grabs headlines, but the data shows that speed-limited e-bikes aren’t what’s killing New Yorkers—multi-ton motor vehicles and policy inaction are. What the Numbers Say From January 2024 through May…
