The city’s most common unspoken rule — jaywalking — is another step closer to becoming the law of the city. On Thursday, a 10 a.m. city Department of Transportation hearing marked the final ...

Kolkata: The city witnessed 84 fatal accident deaths in the first six months of this year compared to 92 in the same period ...

Dubai: In January 2024, nearly 44,000 people were caught jaywalking in Dubai, and eight individuals lost their lives in run-over incidents. While crossing roads outside of designated areas may ...

The City Council's decriminalization of jaywalking won’t do much to change many New Yorkers’ lives — few people faced ticketing for jaywalking even before the change. But it will take yet ...

Jaywalking in NYC is set to be legal — but there was hardly any enforcement when it was a crime People seen jaywalking across 8th Avenue in Manhattan on March 23, 2025.© Michael Nagle The City ...

Although the new rule would scrap the $250 fine and make the change official, jaywalking laws were rarely enforced even when it was a crime, with only 780 summonses issued in all of 2023 ...

New York police officers have historically faced criticism for targeting people of color with jaywalking tickets. “In 2023, over 92% of jaywalking citations went to Black and Latino New Yorkers ...

Jaywalking has been legalized in New York City, but tourists should still take precautions before joining in on the longstanding practice.

NYC law decriminalizing jaywalking goes into effect in 2025 NEW YORK -- Your average New Yorker is no stranger to jaywalking, which has been illegal since 1958. That's about to change.