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Chinatown

May 31, 2012

Feds Shut down 26 Bus Lines with Chinatown Links

Federal authorities shut down three bus companies that managed 26 low-cost lines for safety reasons.

Lower East Side & East Village

January 09, 2012

Double Happyness Still Flouting Feds' Order by Selling Bus Tickets

Chinatown bus company Double Happyness sold bus tickets in violation of a cease and desist order.

Lower East Side & East Village

December 29, 2011

Chinatown Bus Company Shut Down by Feds Over Safety Violations

Double Happyness bus carrier was ordered off the road by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Lower East Side & East Village

September 01, 2011

Driver in Chinatown-Bound Bus Crash Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter

Ophadell Williams was indicted on 15 counts of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the fatal Bronx wreck.

Lower East Side & East Village

August 31, 2011

Driver of Chinatown-Bound Bus Reportedly Indicted for Manslaughter

Ophadell Williams was reportedly indicted on multiple manslaughter charges for crashing a Chinatown-bound bus that killed 15.

Manhattan

July 22, 2011

New York City-Bound Tour Bus Crash Upstate Kills One

The driver of a tractor-trailer that collided with the bus was killed in the early-morning wreck near Waterloo, NY, Friday, reports said.

Lower East Side & East Village

July 06, 2011

Driver of Fatal Chinatown-Bound Bus Crash Pleads Not Guilty

Kin Yiu Cheung pleaded not guilty Wednesday to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deadly wreck.

Downtown

June 20, 2011

Tour Bus Safety Grades Proposed by Sen. Chuck Schumer

Sen. Chuck Schumer proposed a letter grade system for tour bus companies in the wake of a slew of deadly accidents.

Lower East Side & East Village

June 06, 2011

Chinatown Bus Operator Used Aliases to Run After Deadly Crash, Feds Say

Company involved in fatal wreck tried running buses using different company names, federal authorities said.

Lower East Side & East Village

June 03, 2011

Driver in Deadly Chinatown Bus Crash Charged with Manslaughter

Driver Kin Yiu Cheung was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter following the Virginia bus crash.

Lower East Side & East Village

June 01, 2011

Chinatown Bus Company Shut Down After Deadly Crash

Sky Express shut down a day after one of its buses crashed in Virginia Tuesday, killing four people.

Lower East Side & East Village

May 23, 2011

Chinatown Traffic Study Takes Aim at Double-Parking Nightmare

A DOT study of regulations on Chinatown's traffic-clogged streets will get under way this summer.

Lower East Side & East Village

April 15, 2011

Fatal Chinatown Bus Was Speeding Before Crash, Report Says

The Chinatown-bound bus that crashed in the Bronx, killing 15 people, hit its max speed of 78 m.p.h. right before wrecking.

Lower East Side & East Village

April 05, 2011

Assembly Passes Bill to Regulate Tour Buses in Wake of Deadly Crashes

The Assembly voted to pass a measure Monday that would create a permit system for intercity bus operators.

Lower East Side & East Village

March 31, 2011

Evidence Contradicts Bus Driver's Claims in Chinatown Tour Bus Crash

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said there is no evidence the bus was sideswiped before the crash.