Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Cab Driver Who Challenged Constitutionality of ROW Law Pleads Guilty

By Brad Aaron | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments

The cab driver who unsuccessfully challenged the constitutionality of the Right of Way Law after killing Manhattan pedestrian Silvia Gallo pled guilty to violating the law yesterday.

Matthew von Ohlen’s Alleged Killer Charged With Assault and Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2016 | 1 Comment

A Brooklyn man was arrested and charged yesterday for the death of Matthew von Ohlen, who was killed last summer as he rode his bike on Grand Street in Williamsburg by a motorist who left the scene.

Manhattan DA Cy Vance Fields Another Challenge to the Right of Way Law

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2016 | 2 Comments

@CBS @CNN @nypost Car flip 36th and Madison pic.twitter.com/SrEGhjLSwi — Justin Kundrat (@JustinKundrat) February 29, 2016 A livery cab driver who killed a senior in a Manhattan crosswalk last winter is challenging the constitutionality of the Right of Way Law. District Attorney Cy Vance filed a response defending the statute. At around 8:30 on the morning of […]

Driver Who Killed 3 People on Bronx Sidewalk Charged With Manslaughter

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2016 | 6 Comments

District Attorney Darcel Clark filed manslaughter and homicide charges against a motorist who fatally struck three people, including a child, on a Bronx sidewalk last year. Howard Unger was indicted this week on three counts of manslaughter, three counts of assault, three counts of homicide, one count of misdemeanor reckless endangerment, and one misdemeanor count of falsifying records, […]

NYPD: No Charges for School Bus Driver Who Killed Woman in Bronx Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 3 Comments

A school bus driver killed a woman in a crosswalk in University Heights last week. NYPD filed no charges. Carmen Puello, 43, was crossing Sedgwick Avenue at West Fordham Road at around 12:30 last Friday afternoon when the driver, eastbound in the center lane of West Fordham, struck her while turning right onto Sedgwick, NYPD told WCBS. “He […]

Off-Duty NYPD Cop Who Killed SI Pedestrian Found Guilty of Homicide

By Brad Aaron | Oct 18, 2016 | 6 Comments

An off-duty NYPD officer was found guilty at trial last week for the hit-and-run killing of a pedestrian in the Mariners Harbor section of Staten Island. [Update: McClean was sentenced to one to three years in prison, fined $2,000, and had his drivers license revoked, according to the Staten Island Advance.] William Hemphill, 51, was crossing Richmond Terrace, near […]

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