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Good morning, two pedestrians died in separate hit-and-run accidents last night, adding to a mini-wave of crash-and-dash fatalities this week. The first horrible incident took place on the so-called Boulevard of Death—Queens Boulevard—in Forest Hills around 9 p.m. An unidentified woman in her mid-20s was hit by a car at the intersection and was pronounced DOA at Elmhurst Hospital; police tell CBS 2 they have no description of the vehicle. Just an hour later, in Hell's Kitchen, a second unidentified woman in her mid-50s was struck by a car at the intersection of 40th Street and 9th Avenue. Again, she was pronounced DOA at St. Vincent's, and cops have no description of the vehicle. And police are still searching for the driver of a dark colored van that killed 71-year-old Virginia Montalvo in Woodhaven Monday night; she was out on her nightly stroll collecting recyclables to raise money to charity when she died. Here's a website that sells reflective safety vests and wristbands, and they'll ship directly to you so you won't have to tempt fate by leaving your apartment.

The Bloomberg administration has augmented the Dept. of Buildings' budget by $5 million next year in order to hire an additional 63 building inspectors. It will bring the total number of inspectors to 461, versus 277 in 2002. The move comes on the heels of publicized events of fatal mishaps.

Although traffic fatalities decreased for pedestrians, drivers and their passengers in 2007, last year saw an uptick in motorcycle and bicycle deaths. The numbers announced yesterday by the mayor at a press conference in Brighton Beach add up, overall, to the lowest number of traffic deaths since the city began keeping track almost a century ago.

Documentary filmmaker Donny Moss has produced a movie about the carriage-horse trade in New York City called Blinders. It looks to be a revealing take on an iconic feature of the city, and includes original footage as well as documentation of well-publicized accidents and interviews with carriage owners, veterinarians, witnesses to accidents, and anti-carriage activists. Moss is engaged in the film festival application process right now, but has placed a trailer for the movie on...