Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Vance Deal: $400 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior in Crosswalk

By Brad Aaron | Dec 18, 2014 | 112 Comments

An unlicensed driver who fatally struck a senior as she crossed the street with the right of way will pay a $400 fine, pursuant to a plea arrangement with Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Keiko Ohnishi was walking with a cane across Madison Avenue at E. 98th Street on September 4 at around 9:47 a.m. […]

Does Cy Vance Use His Surveillance Camera Bank to Fight Traffic Violence?

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2014 | 10 Comments

In New York City, if you hit someone with a motor vehicle and keep driving, odds are you will get away with it. NYPD made arrests in just 25 percent of fatal hit-and-run crashes in 2012, according to Transportation Alternatives. And in many cases where the driver is eventually identified, a simple “I didn’t see […]

Driver With Revoked License Not Charged for Killing East Flatbush Senior

By Brad Aaron | Dec 11, 2014 | 23 Comments

A driver with a revoked license killed a senior in Brooklyn Tuesday. As of Wednesday he was not charged by NYPD or District Attorney Ken Thompson for causing a death. The crash occurred in the 67th Precinct, where motorists have killed at least three pedestrians this year, and at least seven pedestrians since January 2013. […]

Cy Vance Files Homicide Charge in Lower East Side Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 8, 2014 | 7 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance filed a homicide charge against a driver accused of killing a pedestrian on the Lower East Side in November. On the evening of November 24, the driver of a BMW sedan hit 57-year-old Robert Perry on the Bowery near Rivington Street, and kept driving until he hit a fire hydrant […]

Dana Lerner: Cy Vance Botched the Token Case Against My Son’s Killer

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2014 | 30 Comments

The cab driver who killed Cooper Stock is scheduled to be back in court in two months, thanks to what Stock’s mother Dana Lerner termed “inept” handling of the case by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance’s office. Meanwhile, Koffi Komlani’s apparent defense — that weather was to blame for the crash — is the same […]

NYPD: 1,399 Pedestrians and Cyclists Injured, 16 Killed in Traffic in October

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2014 | 3 Comments

Twenty people were killed in New York City traffic in October, and 4,692 were injured, according to the latest NYPD crash data report [PDF]. As of the end of October, 124 pedestrians and cyclists were reported killed by city motorists this year, and 12,228 injured, compared to 135 deaths and 13,310 injuries for the same […]

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