Source summary: tmp/experiments_runs/reporter-arc-v-goal/summary.json
Variant Summary (averages)
| Variant | Avg Score (1–10) | Poignancy Pass | Avg Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| arc_no_goal | 0.0 | 0/4 (0%) | $0.06 |
| default | 0.0 | 0/4 (0%) | $0.07 |
Detailed Runs
| Geo | Variant | Title | Words | Quotes | Links | Unmatched Domains | Auto Pass | Poignancy | Editor Score (1–10) | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| citywide-nyc | default | New York City: 30 AM | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.04 |
| citywide-nyc | arc_no_goal | New York City: 30 AM | 494 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.06 |
| council-39 | default | District 39: Fourth Avenue. A bike. A pickup. A body in the road. | 811 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.08 |
| council-39 | arc_no_goal | District 39: Fourth Avenue, a bike, and the long tally | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.05 |
| nta-BX1201 | default | Williamsbridge-Olinville: two young riders, one night, no way back | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.07 |
| nta-BX1201 | arc_no_goal | Williamsbridge-Olinville: Two on the Parkway. Ten in Williamsbridge‑Olinville. | 747 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.07 |
| senate-14 | default | SD 14: Queens Food Truck. Two Men Ordering. A Car Didn’t Stop. | 503 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.08 |
| senate-14 | arc_no_goal | SD 14: 116th Avenue, one turn, one death | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ❌ | ❌ | 0.0 | $0.07 |
default New York City: 30 AMSouth Conduit, about 2:30 AM. A 52‑year‑old man crossed 155th Street in Springfield Gardens. The driver hit him and kept going. Police said, “The driver sped off without stopping. No arrests have been made.” NY Daily News | Gothamist | ABC7 They were one of 1,107 people killed on New York City streets since Jan 1, 2022. NYC Open Data In the last 12 months, another 280 people died. This year to date: 183 deaths, down from 195 at this point last year. The bodies change; the pattern holds. NYC Open Data Queens highway, wrong lane, five carsA Queens man turned into southbound traffic on the Clearview Expressway and rammed cars. A jury convicted him in June. He got eight years. The district attorney said he “terrorized other drivers.” He told police he entered “in the wrong direction because I wanted to hurt people and I felt ‘liberated’ by what I had done.” amNY The count does not stopNear JFK, detectives worked the scene while the driver vanished into dark lanes. “The operator of the vehicle fled the scene,” police said. The man died at Jamaica Hospital. ABC7 | Gothamist Citywide, crashes since 2022: 345,120. Injuries: 194,885. Those are not headlines. They are families counting days. NYC Open Data Slow the cars; stop the repeat offendersThe tools exist. Set a lower default speed. Fit serial speeders’ cars with limiters. The steps are laid out here. This does not bring anyone back. It keeps the next person alive. Take one step today. Ask City Hall to act: demand safer speeds and rein in repeat offenders. FAQ
Citations
Geo: | arc_no_goal New York City: 30 AMA 52-year-old man crossed 155th Street at South Conduit Avenue near JFK about 2:30 AM. A driver hit him and fled, police said. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital and died there (Daily News | Gothamist | ABC7). He was one of 1,107 people killed on New York City streets since Jan 1, 2022, according to the city’s crash database (NYC Open Data). Not a blip. A line that doesn’t quit.As of mid-August, the NYPD counted 68 pedestrians killed this year citywide (Daily News). In Queens South, where this man died, 17 people had already been killed in traffic through Aug 10, up from 13 a year earlier (Gothamist). Wrong-way on the Clearview in 2023, Joseph Lee slammed into five cars and hurt two motorists. A jury convicted him this June; last week a judge gave him eight years. In the DA’s words: “Joseph Lee terrorized other drivers as he purposefully drove the wrong way on a busy Queens highway and crashed into multiple cars” (amNY). Hit. Run. Repeat.Police said “the operator of the vehicle fled the scene” in the Springfield Gardens crash. No arrest was announced that day (ABC7). Detectives searched for video to ID the car (Daily News). The case sits in a citywide stack you can measure. Since 2022, city records log hundreds of thousands of crashes and the 1,107 deaths behind them (NYC Open Data). Each record is a name the database does not show. Slow the cars. Stop the worst.The tools exist. The City now has the power to set lower speed limits on local streets, and Albany renewed 24/7 school-zone speed cameras. A bill in Albany would force chronic speeders to use speed limiters. The details and contacts are here: Take Action. Queens DA Melinda Katz said it plain after the Clearview case: “Two motorists were badly hurt and still have not fully recovered” (amNY). Speed and impunity keep writing the same story. City Hall and Albany can change the ending. Start by lowering speeds citywide and reining in repeat offenders. Then do it fast. Take one step today. Tell your officials to act: slow the default speed and mandate limiters for repeat speeders. FAQ
Citations
Geo: |
default District 39: Fourth Avenue. A bike. A pickup. A body in the road.Just after 8 PM on Oct 30, 2024, at 4th Ave and Sackett Street, a 24-year-old bicyclist was struck and killed in a crash with a pickup truck. NYC Open Data lists the death under CrashID 4767852. They were one of 15 people killed on District 39 streets since Jan 1, 2022, alongside 2,555 injured and 24 seriously hurt, in 5,002 crashes. The record is public. It sits in NYC’s crash files. The pattern does not let upThis year’s toll in the district is rising: crashes are up 25.6% year to date, with 1,019 crashes and 597 injuries through Aug 26, compared with 811 crashes and 414 injuries at this point last year. Deaths rose from 3 to 4. These figures come from the same NYC Open Data series. The afternoon hour around 3 PM is the deadliest in the district’s ledger over the period, with three deaths recorded then. The numbers are drawn from district-level crash timestamps in the city dataset. Corners with names and bloodOcean Parkway at Avenue C is in the file too: a woman was killed crossing outside an intersection by an SUV driver on Aug 9, 2025. The death is logged at that corner in NYC Open Data. The district’s worst sites read like a map you learn by heart: the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Union Street, Caton Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Parkway. They are flagged as top injury and death locations in the district rollup of the city’s crash data. Across the period, the ledger attributes one district death to a driver who disregarded a traffic control, and one to alcohol involvement, with “other” listed most often. These categories come straight from the contributing-factor fields in NYC Open Data. Bikes and feet meet steelSince 2022, four people on bikes and four people on foot were killed here; seven motor-vehicle occupants also died. Mode and outcome are drawn from the district’s crash/person records in NYC Open Data. Trucks took lives in this span, and so did SUVs and sedans. Among pedestrians, trucks are linked to one death, while SUVs and cars appear most often in the injury counts. These tallies come from vehicle types recorded in the district’s person and vehicle tables. Promises and paperworkOn Fourth Avenue, officials were warned. Electeds pressed DOT after the agency removed a protected bike lane during construction and opened a second car lane. The demand was simple: restore the protection and harden the space. The agency did not act then, according to Streetsblog’s account of the letter. Council Member Shahana K. Hanif is pushing fixes on paper. She is the primary sponsor of a bill to install curb extensions at crash-heavy corners, five per borough each year (Int 0285-2024). She also co-sponsors a measure to ban parking within 20 feet of crosswalks and build out daylighting barriers at scale (Int 1138-2024). On rising cyclist deaths, she said, “We need to have the political courage… to create a city that is walkable, prioritizes pedestrians, and ends these senseless murders.” Streetsblog, Aug 18, 2023. Assembly Member Robert Carroll joined a letter with six other Brooklyn officials urging universal daylighting with hardened materials at corners, and for the city to opt into the 20‑foot parking ban statewide. Streetsblog, Jan 17, 2024. What would actually cut the body count?Start on the worst blocks. Harden daylighting at Union Street and other flagged sites; build concrete curb extensions; add truck-calming and protected space where bikes and feet already flow. These are the tools embedded in Int 0285-2024 and Int 1138-2024. Then tackle speed. A small group of repeat violators does the most harm. Lawmakers gathered this spring to back the Stop Super Speeders Act, which would force serial violators to use speed limiters. Council Member Hanif stood with them at Borough Hall. Brooklyn Paper, Apr 1, 2025. The street files from this district already show what speed and size do to a human body. The fixes are drafted. The corners are known. The clock is running. Take one step now. Tell city leaders to move on slower speeds and repeat-offender controls. Start here. FAQ
Citations
Geo: | arc_no_goal District 39: Fourth Avenue, a bike, and the long tallyJust after dusk on Oct 30, 2024 at 4th Ave and Sackett St, a 24-year-old on an e‑bike was ejected and died. The crash involved a pickup and a parked SUV, city data shows (NYC Open Data; CrashID 4767852). He was one of 15 people killed on District 39 streets since Jan 1, 2022, including 4 people on bikes and 4 people on foot (NYC Open Data). This year, crashes and injuries in the district are up compared to last year to date; deaths rose from 3 to 4 (NYC Open Data). Where the street breaksTwo deaths were recorded along Caton Ave. Union St and Flatbush Ave logged dozens of injuries. The BQE segment inside the district tops the list for harm (NYC Open Data). The 3 PM hour is worst: three deaths, 161 injuries. Late night hurts too, starting at midnight (NYC Open Data). Listed factors include “disregarded traffic control” and “alcohol involvement.” Distraction, failure to yield, and aggressive driving add injuries across modes (NYC Open Data). Among pedestrians in this period, SUVs are linked to two deaths, a taxi to one, and a truck to one (NYC Open Data). Fourth Avenue tells on usFourth Ave has been a running fight. Electeds warned that removing protections and letting cars take space put people at risk; DOT did not restore safety quickly, advocates said (Streetsblog). A young rider died at 4th and Sackett. The bike was “demolished,” the record says (NYC Open Data). What leaders have already put on paperCouncil Member Shahana K. Hanif is the prime sponsor of a bill to force curb extensions at the city’s most dangerous corners (Int 0285‑2024). She also co‑sponsors a daylighting bill to ban parking near crosswalks and harden 1,000 corners a year (Int 1138‑2024; Streetsblog). “We need to have the political courage … to create a city that is walkable, prioritizes pedestrians,” she said in 2023 (Streetsblog). Albany’s next lever targets the worst repeat drivers. At a Borough Hall rally after a fatal crash, local lawmakers backed the Stop Super Speeders bill, which would require speed‑limiter tech for drivers with repeated violations. “The speed limiter technology is available to us. Let’s use it. It will save lives,” said Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon (Brooklyn Paper). Our Assembly Member Robert Carroll joined the daylighting push; our State Senator is Steve Chan. The Super Speeders bill is sponsored by other legislators. Will Chan back it? (Brooklyn Paper). Do the simple things nowThe fixes are plain. Clear the corners. Build the bulb‑outs. Harden turns. Protect the bike lanes on Fourth. Target the repeat offenders. And slow the cars. One request, today: ask City Hall and Albany to move the two levers that save the most lives—lower speeds citywide and rein in repeat speeders. Start here. FAQ
Citations
Geo: |
default Williamsbridge-Olinville: two young riders, one night, no way backJust after midnight on the Bronx River Parkway near E 223rd Street, two riders were hit and thrown. Both died. Police charged a 21‑year‑old driver with vehicular manslaughter and DWI after the multicar crash (Gothamist, Aug 12, 2025; NYC Open Data crash 4834345). “He’s just walking freely? Two people were killed. He was drunk,” a victim’s sister said at court (NY Daily News, Aug 12, 2025). They were two of 10 people killed on the streets of Williamsbridge‑Olinville since Jan 1, 2022 (NYC Open Data). In the last 12 months, 8 people died here. This year, 4 deaths so far; by this time last year, there were 0 (NYC Open Data). Where the hurt keeps landingThe death on the Bronx River Parkway was not the first on that corridor; it shows up on the neighborhood’s short list of worst spots (NYC Open Data). Other corners repeat too: Bronxwood Avenue and E 229th. White Plains Road. E 216th Street. East Gun Hill Road. Each name is a record number now. One pedestrian, 64, was killed in a left‑turn crash at Bronxwood and E 229th. Police cited failure to yield (crash 4758508). A 76‑year‑old woman died on White Plains Road at E 216th. The driver was going straight; police noted inattention (crash 4815461). Nights cut deepHarm piles up after dark here. Two deaths hit around midnight. Two more came around 10–11 PM. Injuries stack up in the late hours too (NYC Open Data hourly distribution). Contributing factors in the death roll include failure to yield and disregarding signals. Many are logged as “other,” a blank space where a life ended (NYC Open Data). The fixes we can see from hereThis is Council District 12 and the 47th Precinct. It is also Assembly District 83 and State Senate District 36. Senator Jamaal Bailey co‑sponsored and voted yes in committee on S 4045, a bill to force speed‑limiters on repeat speeders (Open States). That bill aims at the small set of drivers who rack up violations and keep going. The City now has the power to lower speeds on local streets. Use it. A slower default would meet the reality on these blocks. Our own guide lays out both steps in plain terms and how to press them (Take Action). What this neighborhood needs on the ground
Names become numbers. Families sit with the number. One more ask. Call it in. Slow the cars. Stop the repeats. Start here: Take Action. FAQ
Citations
Geo: | arc_no_goal Williamsbridge-Olinville: Two on the Parkway. Ten in Williamsbridge‑Olinville.Just after 1 AM on the Bronx River Parkway near E 223rd Street, police say a 2019 Mercedes tried to pass a Volkswagen. It hit the VW, then struck two riders. Manuel Amarantepenalo, 19, and Enrique Martinez, 21, were thrown and later died at local hospitals, according to charging documents and police accounts reported by Gothamist and the Daily News. “They were killed. He was drunk,” a sister said outside court, asking why the driver walked free that day, as reported by the Daily News. They were two of 10 people killed on Williamsbridge‑Olinville streets since Jan 1, 2022, in crashes recorded by NYC Open Data. The numbers don’t blinkIn this neighborhood, crashes have caused 894 injuries and 10 deaths since 2022, per the city’s collision files for this area (NYC Open Data). The dead include six pedestrians, one bicyclist, and three people in vehicles (mode data in the same records). This year alone: 230 crashes so far, up from 227 at this point last year. Injuries rose from 146 to 185, and serious injuries from 1 to 7, according to the same datasets’ year‑to‑date tallies. Where the street breaks peopleThe Bronx River Parkway is a wound. Since 2022, crashes there within this neighborhood killed two people and injured 126. That’s in the city’s own logs for this map tile (NYC Open Data). East Gun Hill Road and White Plains Road carry heavy injury counts too; E 216 Street has seen four serious injuries. The intersections are named in police files, not rumors. Death does not keep banker’s hours. The roll call shows fatalities at midnight (2 deaths) and late night (2 at 10 PM), with other spikes at noon (3), 11 PM (1), and 9 PM (1) in this area’s time‑by‑hour breakdown (NYC Open Data). Police factor codes in these crashes are blunt and often useless. Most deaths here fall under “other.” One death is logged under “disregarded traffic control.” That is what the forms say (NYC Open Data). Two lives on the parkwayAfter the Parkway crash, a complaint noted the driver had a strong odor of alcohol and stood unsteadily, per the DA paperwork described by Gothamist. Both riders died at Jacobi and Montefiore, the outlets reported. Family stood outside court and asked why he walked out that day. “Two people were killed,” the sister said, in the Daily News. Who holds the lineState Senator Jamaal Bailey backed the bill to fit repeat dangerous drivers with speed limiters. He voted yes in committee and is listed as a co‑sponsor on S 4045 (Open States). Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie represents this area. The record here shows no listed sponsorship for S 4045. Will he bring it to the floor? The question stands (Open States). Council Member Kevin C. Riley represents the district at City Hall. Speed on local streets is a city lever. New York now has the power to set safer limits. The city can choose slower, now (Take Action). What would make this corner less deadly
Citywide fixes are on the table. Lower the default speed on local streets. Fit chronic violators with speed limiters under S 4045. Both steps cut the chance that a family has to identify a body at 2 AM. If you want this done, tell them. Start here. FAQ
Citations
Geo: |
default SD 14: Queens Food Truck. Two Men Ordering. A Car Didn’t Stop.At a Queens food truck, a speeding car slammed into two men who were ordering. They died there. The driver died too (CBS New York). They are three of 23 people killed on streets in Senate District 14 since Jan 1, 2022. In that time, there have been 11,115 crashes and 6,750 injuries here, according to city crash data (NYC Open Data: crashes, persons, vehicles). In the last 12 months alone: 3,668 crashes, 2,426 injuries, 8 deaths in this district. Year to date, crashes are up 39.5%, injuries up 41.1%, serious injuries up 433.3%, and deaths up 25.0% versus last year, the data show (NYC Open Data: crashes). — Speed shows up again and again A 21-year-old Audi driver died on Laurelton Parkway. The record lists “Unsafe Speed” before the car was “Demolished” (CrashID 4781385). A 63-year-old SUV driver died before dawn near 90 Ave and 143 St; again, “Unsafe Speed” is marked in the file (CrashID 4787451). On 116th Ave and Nashville Blvd, a 39‑year‑old on a stand‑up scooter was struck by a turning van and killed; police described the sequence at the scene (amNY). Two men ordering food. A young driver on a parkway. A rider thrown to the pavement. The paperwork repeats one phrase: “Unsafe Speed.” — The toll is human After a road‑rage attack that began with a crash, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said, “We hope that today’s sentence provides a measure of solace… and sends a clear message that we will not tolerate hate in Queens” (NY Daily News). The victim, Jasmer Singh, never made it home. These are not isolated. They sit inside a ledger that keeps filling. — Levers on the table. Who will pull them? State Senator Leroy Comrie backed a bill to force repeat violators to use speed‑limiting tech. He co‑sponsored S 4045 and voted yes in committee; it requires intelligent speed assistance for drivers who hit thresholds like “eleven or more points in 24 months, or six speed or red‑light camera tickets in a year,” per the bill record (Open States). He also co‑sponsored a pedestrian safety rating bill for cars (Open States). The city can lower speeds. The state can curb repeat speeders. The bodies are here. The laws exist. What remains is action. — What breaks the pattern • Lower the default speed on city streets. Our step‑by‑step plan and contacts are here. FAQ
Citations
Geo: | arc_no_goal SD 14: 116th Avenue, one turn, one deathOn Jun 26, 2025, a Ford van turned left off 116th Avenue onto Nashville Boulevard and hit Shaun Lagredelle, 39, on a stand-up scooter. He was thrown, taken to the hospital, and pronounced dead (amNY). He is one of 23 people killed on streets in Senate District 14 since Jan 1, 2022, alongside 6,750 injuries and 11,115 crashes (NYC Open Data). Year to date, this district has 2,449 crashes, up 39.5% from 1,755 at this point last year. Injuries rose to 1,617 from 1,146 (41.1%). Deaths ticked from 4 to 5. Serious injuries jumped from 3 to 16 (NYC Open Data). South Jamaica’s corner, a body on the groundPolice said the van “attempted to turn left onto Nashville Boulevard” and “collided with the scooter,” throwing Lagredelle to the pavement. He suffered severe head and body injuries and died at the hospital. No arrests at last report; the Highway District is investigating (amNY). The pattern doesn’t blinkIn this district over the last 12 months: 3,668 crashes, 2,426 injuries, 8 deaths. In the same period before: 1,755 crashes, 1,146 injuries, 4 deaths. The slope is up. The toll is steady (NYC Open Data). On Dec 25, 2024, a 45-year-old woman crossing at 111 Avenue and 158 Street was struck and killed. The report lists driver distraction. The SUV kept straight. She died of internal injuries (CrashID 4781816). On Dec 25, 2024, a 21-year-old Audi driver died on Laurelton Parkway. The record cites unsafe speed. The car was “demolished” (CrashID 4781385). Who acts, and howAlbany has a tool for the worst repeat offenders. The Stop Super Speeders Act (S4045) would force drivers who rack up violations to install speed limiters. Senator Leroy Comrie co-sponsored it and voted yes in committee (Open States). He also co-sponsored S1675, a DMV pedestrian safety rating for motor vehicles (Open States). Here at home, Council District 27 is represented by Nantasha Williams. Assembly District 29 is represented by Alicia Hyndman. The city can lower default speeds; Albany can curb repeat speeders. Both levers exist in the record above. Lower the limit. Fit the cars that won’t slow with devices that will. End the turns that end lives. Take one step today. Push your officials to act: /take_action/. FAQ
Citations
Geo: |