This week's deadly bus crash in Virginia has finally prompted New York State Republicans to approve legislation beefing up safety standards on discount interstate bus lines. Yesterday, the GOP-controlled Senate voted in favor of a bill that would require...
Details are beginning to emerge about the safety record of Sky Express bus company and the four women killed in its tragic crash early Tuesday morning on Interstate 95 in Virginia en route from North Carolina to Chinatown.
Most notably, federal...
In the wake of yesterday's fatal bus crash in Virginia, in which driver fatigue is blamed, federal regulators announced late Tuesday that Sky Express Bus company would be forced to cease operations. The accident early yesterday morning on Interstate...
In the wake of another tragic bus accident, the neighborhood's elected officials gathered in Chinatown today to renew their calls for stronger laws regulating interstate bus companies. More on their pleas in a moment.
First, there have been some other...
Seven weeks after the tragic casino bus accident in the Bronx, friends and loved ones gathered in Chinatown yesterday to remember Wang Jianhua, the last of 15 victims to be buried. The funeral was delayed while his widow waited...
A City Council committee this morning gave a boost to proposed state legislation that would allow New York City to set up a permitting system for intercity buses. This afternoon, the full Council will vote on the so-called "home...
Today's New York Times has an unsettling but not very surprising piece on the unsafe conditions and lack of regulation plaguing the interstate bus industry. In the aftermath of the deadly accident in the Bronx, the issue has become...
This morning, State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver rallied at City Hall with fellow lawmakers and housing activists to push for the extension and expansion of rent regulation laws. They stood with representatives from the Community Service Society, which has...
From State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver:
I want to express my deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones in this absolutely horrific tragedy that has devastated our community. I hope and pray that those who have been injured...
We just received a statement from District 1 City Councilmember Margaret Chin concerning this morning's deadly bus crash:
I am deeply saddened to learn of the terrible accident that occurred early this morning. My heart goes out to those who...
