Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DMV Reform

DMV Suspends License of Driver Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre for Six Months

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2015 | 2 Comments

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles found the truck driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Mathieu Lefevre responsible for the collision and suspended his driver’s license for six months. Leonardo Degianni’s DMV safety hearing took place on March 2, three-and-a-half years after he hit Lefevre at the intersection of Morgan Avenue and Meserole Street. At […]

No Word on Whether Trucker Who Killed Mathieu Lefevre Will Keep License

By Brad Aaron | Mar 2, 2015 | 4 Comments

More than three years after the crash, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles held a hearing today to determine whether to take action against the truck driver who killed cyclist Mathieu Lefevre. But Lefevre’s family will have to wait on a DMV decision. Lefevre, 30, was killed just after midnight on October 19, 2011, while […]

DMV Revoked License of Driver Who Killed Allison Liao for Just 30 Days

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2015 | 19 Comments

The motorist who killed 3-year-old Allison Liao could be back behind the wheel before long, as the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles revoked his license for just 30 days. Following a hearing in early January, DMV administrative law judge Sidney Fuchs determined that Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh failed to yield the right of way when he ran over Allison […]

DMV Revokes License of Driver Who Killed Allie Liao

By Ben Fried | Jan 21, 2015 | 16 Comments

Chris Robbins at Gothamist reports that the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles has revoked the license of Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh, who struck and killed 3-year-old Allie Liao in a Queens crosswalk in 2013. The decision by administrative law judge Sidney Fuchs reinforces the importance of DMV safety hearings as a venue to ensure that reckless […]

Justice for Mathieu Lefevre

By Steve Vaccaro | Jan 20, 2015 | 7 Comments

Change is afoot at the New York Department of Motor Vehicles. Following a meeting with advocates for crash victims, the DMV scheduled safety hearings to determine whether three drivers who caused fatal crashes would lose their licenses. The first of the three — concerning the death of three year-old Allison Liao — saw several welcome improvements […]

Victims’ Families Demand Changes From DMV at Vigil for Allison Liao

By Stephen Miller | Jan 7, 2015 | 6 Comments

Undeterred by the cold, nearly 100 people gathered at the corner of Main Street and Cherry Avenue in Flushing last night to remember 3-year-old Allison Liao, killed by a driver in October 2013. State DMV administrative judges had already dismissed the two tickets issued to the driver, 44-year-old Ahmad Abu-Zayedeh, before putting off a judgment at a special […]

Show More Stories