Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about NYPD Chases

Years After Death of Ariel Russo, NYPD Chases Still Injuring and Killing People

By Brad Aaron | Feb 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

Last week Franklin Reyes was sentenced to three to nine years in prison for the death of 4-year-old Ariel Russo. Police pulled Reyes over on W. 89th Street, between Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, on June 4, 2013, after he drove his family’s pick-up truck across several lanes to make a turn. As officers walked toward the […]

New Report Breaks Down Crashes Involving City Agencies, Except NYPD

By Stephen Miller | May 27, 2015 | 2 Comments

A new report sheds light on the extent to which drivers working for city agencies are involved in traffic collisions [PDF]. But the picture is incomplete: NYPD, the agency involved in the most pedestrian injury claims, is withholding its crash information from the city’s database. Excluding the police department, drivers of city-owned vehicles were involved in eight of the 250 traffic fatalities in New […]

Alleged Unlicensed Driver Kills Brooklyn Pedestrian While Fleeing Police

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2015 | 2 Comments

@Naparstek @ascottfalk Thanks, we’re on it. — Bill de Blasio (@BilldeBlasio) June 23, 2010 An unlicensed driver fleeing police crashed into another vehicle and killed 21-year-old Dave Jones on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday, raising questions about whether the officers adhered to NYPD policy on vehicular pursuits. Police pulled over 18-year-old Raymond Ramos near Schenectady Avenue […]

New York’s Top Court Exhibits Depraved Indifference to Pedestrians’ Lives

By Brad Aaron | Jul 23, 2014 | 40 Comments

In a decision that may hinder future prosecutions of killer drivers, New York’s highest court rejected the murder conviction of a car thief who fatally struck a Brooklyn pedestrian during a high-speed NYPD chase — ruling that the defendant showed concern for others’ safety by swerving around vehicles and people as he attempted to elude […]