Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about New York State DMV

Justice for Allie Liao

By Steve Vaccaro | Dec 19, 2014 | 3 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles faces a critical test on January 6 at 9 a.m.: Can the agency provide meaningful oversight and consequences for reckless drivers? That morning, Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh, the driver who struck and killed 3-year-old Allie Liao and traumatized her grandmother, is scheduled to appear for a DMV safety hearing. [Disclosure: […]

DMV Primer: Why Safety Hearings Should Be Held For Non-Fatal Crashes Too

By Steve Vaccaro | Dec 9, 2014 | 1 Comment

This is part of a series of posts on the workings of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, its role in deterring or facilitating traffic violence, and agency reforms that could make streets and roads safer. Last week I wrote about a key shortcoming in the Department of Motor Vehicles safety hearing program: […]

DMV Primer: How the Safety Hearing System Lets Deadly Drivers Off the Hook

By Steve Vaccaro | Dec 2, 2014 | 11 Comments

This is part of a series of posts on the workings of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, its role in deterring or facilitating traffic violence, and agency reforms that could make streets and roads safer. Crash victims and their families have learned to expect little from New York City’s police and district […]

The New York State DMV Primer: Why Two Hearings for Killer Drivers?

By Steve Vaccaro | Nov 25, 2014 | 6 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series of Streetsblog columns and stories on the workings of the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, its role in deterring or facilitating traffic violence, and agency reforms that could make streets and roads safer. Many questions arose when news broke that the motorist who […]

Families for Safe Streets Meets With Cuomo Rep to Talk DMV Reforms

By Brad Aaron | Nov 19, 2014 | 24 Comments

In a meeting with representatives from Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration Tuesday, members of Families for Safe Streets called for reforms to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles protocols, with the goal of discouraging reckless driving and obtaining some measure of justice for crash victims and their families. Karen Rae, Cuomo’s deputy transportation secretary, met with relatives […]

NY State DMV Dismisses Tickets of Driver Who Killed Allie Liao [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2014 | 109 Comments

Update: Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request for documents related to the DMV’s dismissal of tickets issued by NYPD to Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh. An administrative law judge with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles threw out tickets issued by NYPD to the driver who ran over 3-year-old Allison Liao as she and her grandmother […]

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