Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

NYPD Tickets Driver After Blaming Staten Island Teen for Her Own Death

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

After initially blaming the victim in the press, NYPD issued a careless driving summons to the monster truck driver who killed 15-year-old Jenna Daniels as she jogged along a Staten Island street last winter. The department refused to release the driver’s name or disclose how he was penalized, the Staten Island Advance reports. The driver hit Daniels with a pickup […]

Rangel: Let’s Allow Bus Drivers to Kill People With the Right of Way

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2015 | 19 Comments

Congressman Charlie Rangel condemned the Right of Way Law earlier this week, joining the Transport Workers Union to argue that the law should allow MTA bus drivers to kill people who have the right of way. Speaking to bus drivers and TWU officials Monday at the Mother Clara Hale Depot in Harlem, Rangel said it was “stupid” to charge bus […]

Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock Remains Eligible for TLC License

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2015 | 8 Comments

The cab driver who killed Cooper Stock is still eligible to be licensed by the Taxi and Limousine Commission. Koffi Komlani struck 9-year-old Cooper and his father, Richard Stock, in an Upper West Side crosswalk in January 2014. This week, Komlani pled guilty to careless driving and was sentenced to a nominal fine and a six-month […]

Cy Vance: $580 Fine for Driver Who Killed 9-Year-Old Cooper Stock

By Brad Aaron | Apr 14, 2015 | 38 Comments

In separate stories published yesterday, family members of Marilyn Dershowitz and Cooper Stock, both lost to traffic violence, criticized Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance for his reluctance to file serious charges against motorists who kill people. Vance declined to apply criminal charges against Koffi Komlani, the cab driver who struck 9-year-old Cooper and his father as the two walked hand […]

Cy Vance: Senior’s Crosswalk Death Remains Unsolved After Seven Months

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2015 | 8 Comments

No charges were filed by NYPD or Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance against the driver who fatally struck 82-year-old Sui Leung in a Manhattan crosswalk last fall. Though Council Member Margaret Chin said the NYPD crash report indicated Leung was walking with the right of way, Vance’s office says the investigation has yet to conclude seven months after the […]

No Charges for Cab Driver Who Killed Two People on Bronx Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Mar 23, 2015 | 22 Comments

No charges have been filed against a cab driver who drove onto a sidewalk in the Bronx and killed a man and a young girl. The crash happened at around 6:30 p.m. Friday. Reports say the 44-year-old driver, whose name is being withheld by NYPD and the Taxi and Limousine Commission, hit a parked car on a Grand […]

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