Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about District Attorneys

Richard Brown: Probation for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Kamil Gorski

By Brad Aaron | Jan 22, 2016 | 2 Comments

A driver charged with a felony for the hit-and-run death of a Queens pedestrian was sentenced to probation as a result of a plea deal from District Attorney Richard Brown. Raul Reyes and a second driver hit 36-year-old Navy veteran Kamil Gorski on Metropolitan Avenue on February 3, 2015, according to Brown’s office. Gorski died at Elmhurst Hospital. Brown did not […]

Driver Who Killed Jean Chambers Off the Streets, No Thanks to DMV

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2016 | 3 Comments

A driver with a staggering record of recklessness, who nevertheless had a valid New York State driver’s license, was sentenced to jail time and had his license revoked for the death of Manhattan pedestrian Jean Chambers. Roberto Mercado hit Chambers while making a left turn at West End Avenue and W. 95th Street in the […]

Sidewalk Killer Free to Drive Thanks to Judge and Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2016 | 16 Comments

A judge refused to take the license of the motorist who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Brooklyn sidewalk because, she said, District Attorney Ken Thompson filed no charges for reckless driving. Marlon Sewell was allegedly driving without a valid license when he hit Nicodemus and two other people on Fulton Street on December 6, injuring Nicodemus’s boyfriend and the […]

How Seriously Does Queens DA Richard Brown Take Hit-and-Run Killings?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

As family members rallied for justice for Queens hit-and-run victim Ovidio Jaramillo yesterday, District Attorney Richard Brown agreed to drop felony charges against another driver who left a pedestrian to die in the street. Raul Reyes hit Kamil Gorski with a van on Metropolitan Avenue on the evening of February 3, 2015, knocking the victim to the roadway, according […]

4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

Police and prosecutors say Marlon Sewell was driving without a valid license when he struck Victoria Nicodemus and two other people on a Fort Greene sidewalk last Sunday, killing Nicodemus and injuring her boyfriend and the third victim. According to the Post and DNAinfo, Sewell was also arrested for unlicensed driving last March, and in November was summonsed for […]

TA Report: NYC District Attorneys Are Failing to Lead on Vision Zero

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

New York City district attorneys are not using the power of their offices to deter acts of traffic violence by holding reckless drivers accountable for harming innocent people, according to a new report from Transportation Alternatives. TA researchers worked with representatives from all five DA’s offices for “Justice Denied: New York City’s District Attorneys Plead Out […]

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