Oct 15, 2019 | Bike Accident
An Elmira Heights woman who struck and killed a bicyclist on April 9 on Grand Central Avenue in Elmira and then fled the scene – because police said she was intoxicated and driving with a suspended license – has been sentenced in Chemung County Court to one and a...
Sep 18, 2019 | Bike Accident
Ithaca police officers are asking residents to help them find the person or people who started fires that damaged four Lime Bikes early Wednesday (Sept. 18) in three parts of the city, according to news reports. It’s sad that these bikes that are put in place for the...
Sep 16, 2019 | Bike Accident
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio recently told the news media that he may require Citi Bike riders to wear helmets, and in addition, the city may require ALL cyclists to obtain licenses. I am adamantly opposed to these measures because they seek to punish the...
Sep 11, 2019 | Bike Accident
Get ready to have some motor-free family fun in the streets of Ithaca. Ithaca is gearing up for its biannual open streets celebration of “active transportation” – welcoming everyone from bicyclists, walkers, and runners to skateboarders, dancers and more – for...
Sep 6, 2019 | Bike Accident
Summer is quickly drawing to a close — kids are reluctantly returning to school while parents happily wave goodbye, leaves will soon turn beautiful colors, and the smell of ripe grapes is in the air. But before the snow flies – or even after the snow flies, if you are...
Aug 26, 2019 | Bike Accident
This summer, Bicycling magazine has a story that really hits home with many bicyclists. “Hey, Bike Shops: Stop Treating Customers Like Garbage” captures what many of us from all skill levels (and sizes) have reported across the country: in SOME local bicycle shops,...
Aug 19, 2019 | Bike Accident
Bicyclists across the country are watching to see how New York City is going to address its huge spike in cycling deaths in 2019. The death toll climbed to 19 recently – more than double the number of those killed at the same point in 2018. The New York Times had an...
Jul 23, 2019 | Bike Accident
I was driving on North Main Street in Elmira recently, in the construction area between West Second and West Clinton streets where the new roundabout is being built, and I observed a bicyclist trying to navigate among impatient drivers. The bicyclist was riding in the...
Jul 15, 2019 | Bike Accident
Chemung County is in the national news, and it’s good news! I am always happy to see the Twin Tiers get some positive news – and share a great idea to educate young bicyclists AND their parents. Chemung County sheriff’s deputies are “ticketing” children 14 years old...
Jul 2, 2019 | Bike Accident
Many motorists get annoyed or angry when they are slowed behind bicyclists riding in the driving lane. Many drivers think cyclists riding “in the middle of the road” are doing it to make a statement or violating the law but did you know that under NY law, it is...
Jun 25, 2019 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
This has already been a tremendously sad summer for the local bicycle riding community. First, a drunk hit-and-run driver kills a bicyclist in Elmira, and now a second drunk hit-and-run driver kills 16-year-old Constance Mazzarese of Owego, NY. So, so sad …....
Jun 6, 2019 | Bike Accident
Kingsbury’s Cyclery in downtown Elmira will hold the kickoff party today (Thursday, June 6) for the annual Tour de Keuka bike ride that benefits the Food Bank of the Southern Tier. At the kickoff, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. today at Kingsbury’s at 228 W. Water St., people...
Jun 5, 2019 | Bike Accident
A Chemung County grand jury has indicted an Elmira Heights woman who was arrested in April after an Elmira bicyclist was struck and killed in a fatal hit-and-run crash near Eldridge Park in Elmira. The grand jury indicted Sara E. Harnas, 40, of East 11th Street in...
May 16, 2019 | Bike Accident, Uncategorized
The Ziff Law Firm thanks New York State Sen. Tom O’Mara for his tireless fight to make our streets and roadways safer for bicyclists and pedestrians. On Wednesday, the New York State Senate approved legislation that O’Mara has co-sponsored for several years that would...
May 13, 2019 | Bike Accident
Bicyclists are encouraged to come together Wednesday evening (May 15) in Elmira to honor those who have been injured or killed while riding. The worldwide Ride of Silence, in its 17th year, will run from 7 to 8 p.m. starting at Wisner Park in downtown Elmira. The...
Apr 30, 2019 | Bike Accident
Chemung County may soon connect Elmira and Horseheads with a new bicycle 6.15-mile corridor that would give bicycle riders a safer path to travel from the Chemung River in Elmira to Hanover Square in Horseheads. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that NY State is...
Apr 23, 2019 | Bike Accident
Ithaca is offering a great way to celebrate spring this weekend and promote biking and walking – Bike Walk Tompkins, a great cycling advocacy organization in Ithaca, will hold its 14th Streets Alive! street festival from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 28. I recommend it...
Apr 13, 2019 | Bike Accident
I am sad to report that another Elmira bicyclist was struck by another careless motorist who simply wasn’t paying attention and struck a bicyclist while making a turn. At about 7:30 a.m. Friday, a motorist struck a male bicyclist, identified as a man in his 50s, at...
Apr 12, 2019 | Bike Accident
The recent fatal bike crash in Elmira revealed the worst of humanity and the best of humanity. The worst in a woman, in the middle of the day, who was extremely drunk. Who drove her car drunk. Who ran down an adult bicyclist in a crosswalk. Who left that poor man to...
Apr 10, 2019 | Bike Accident
Charles G. Rogers, a 68-year-old bicyclist from Elmira, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver with a suspended license Tuesday afternoon on Grand Central Avenue in Elmira, police said. Mr. Rogers was crossing in the crosswalk on Grand Central near the Clemens...
