Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hit-and-Run

Police are searching for the driver who struck and killed Steven Morales before fleeing the scene near this intersection at LaGuardia Airport last night. Photo: Google Maps

Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Steven Morales, 36, Cycling on LaGuardia Access Road

By David Meyer | Feb 20, 2018 | 6 Comments

More airport workers are biking to LGA, but the Port Authority has not followed through on its own plans to provide safe cycling access. If it had, Steven Morales might be alive today.

Neftaly Ramirez, Eric Gonzalez, and Bill de Blasio

The Action Carting Driver Who Killed Neftaly Ramirez and Left the Scene Was Not Licensed to Drive the Truck

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2018 | 5 Comments

Yet it appears Mayor de Blasio won't let the company's horrendous safety record interfere with its city contracts. Meanwhile, a lawsuit brought by Ramirez's family alleges shoddy investigative work on the part of NYPD and Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez.

Franklin and Noble streets in Brooklyn, where an Action Carting driver killed Neftaly Ramirez and fled the scene. The red arrow indicates the direction of the driver and the white arrow indicates the path of the victim, according to reports. Image: Google Maps

Eric Gonzalez and Bill de Blasio Give Action Carting the Go-Ahead to Keep Killing People

By Brad Aaron | Jan 17, 2018 | 14 Comments

Gonzalez will file no charges against the Action Carting driver who killed Brooklyn cyclist Neftaly Ramirez and left the scene.

Attention Albany: NYC’s First Traffic Death of 2018 Was a Brutal Hit-and-Run. Do Something.

By Brad Aaron | Jan 11, 2018 | 4 Comments

Jun Sum Yim, 77, was hit in the 109th Precinct, in Flushing. State lawmakers have repeatedly failed to fix laws that give drivers an incentive to flee after a serious crash.

E.14th Street at Union Square East. Photo: Google Maps

Adrian Blanc Was the Second Person Killed on the Same Union Square Block in 5 Years

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2017 | 7 Comments

Blanc was hit Tuesday as he crossed Union Square East at 14th Street. In 2012, at the other end of the block, Harry Robinson killed Roxana Buta with a DOT truck.

Justice for Victims of Hit-and-Run Drivers in New York Shouldn’t Be So Rare

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2017 | 2 Comments

Albany has to stop dithering and give prosecutors adequate tools to hold hit-and-run drivers accountable -- and prosecutors must be more willing to pursue cases.

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