Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DMV Reform

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 […]

Will the New York DMV Keep an Unlicensed Killer on the Road?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2014 | 15 Comments

When a driver in New York loses his license, it’s up to the state Department of Motor Vehicles to decide when, or if, he gets it back. Based on a recent hearing attended by Streetsblog, the DMV adjudication process at times relies primarily on testimony from drivers involved in fatal crashes, rather than police reports […]