Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Enforcement

One life = six months. Tariq Witherspoon, who killed Matthew Jensen in 2021 on McGuinness Boulevard, is led away on Wednesday. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Killer of Beloved Williamsburg Teacher Shows No Remorse as He’s Sent Away … for Just Six Months

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments

Driver Tariq Witherspoon declined to address his victim's family, which had filled the courtroom and only minutes earlier had vented their anger at the killer driver.

The intersection where Dolma Naadhum, 7, (inset) was killed by a driver on Feb. 17. File image

Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared

By Kevin Duggan | May 9, 2023 | No Comments

Police on Tuesday morning arrested the woman they say fatally struck a 7-year-old girl in Astoria with her car in February, charging the motorist with criminally negligent homicide, a felony that carries a top jail sentence of four years.

$Council Member Justin Brannan wants the rich to pay steeper fines for civil infractions like illegal parking. Photo: Jeff Reed for NYC Council$

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Enforcement

Killer of Beloved Williamsburg Teacher Shows No Remorse as He’s Sent Away … for Just Six Months

Cops: Driver Who Killed 7-Year-Old Girl in Astoria is Collared

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