Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Alan Dershowitz: Penalize Reckless Drivers Before They Kill

By Brad Aaron | Mar 20, 2014 | 9 Comments

Noted attorney Alan Dershowitz says that to dramatically reduce traffic deaths and injuries in NYC, police and prosecutors must crack down on all dangerous drivers, not just those who kill while driving drunk. In a Daily News op-ed, Dershowitz says he has been rebuffed by 911 operators when he reports reckless drivers. The reason, he says, is police […]

As Lucian Merryweather’s Family Grieves, Charges Against His Killer Reduced

By Brad Aaron | Mar 12, 2014 | 13 Comments

Lucian Merryweather was one of at least 10 children age 12 and under killed by a New York City motorist in the last 12 months. As his family tries to cope with his death and joins others in demanding an end to traffic violence, court records say charges were downgraded against the driver who killed […]

Streets of NYC a Little Safer Today Thanks to Judge, NYPD, and Cy Vance

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 33 Comments

There’s one less reckless driver on the streets of New York today thanks to NYPD, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, and Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jill Konviser. After Adam Tang posted a video of himself speeding around Manhattan, he was tracked down by NYPD. Tang’s car was taken away, and Vance charged him with reckless driving […]

DA Dan Donovan: Six Months for SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed 5 Year Old

By Brad Aaron | Mar 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

A Staten Island motorist who fled the scene after hitting a mother and two young children, fatally injuring the woman’s 5-year-old son, will serve six months in jail under a plea deal from District Attorney Daniel Donovan. John Sanjurjo ran over Kyrillos Gendy, his 7-year-old sister Gabriella, and 35-year-old Erieny Thomas at around 8:25 p.m. on August […]

Will the New York DMV Keep an Unlicensed Killer on the Road?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 28, 2014 | 15 Comments

When a driver in New York loses his license, it’s up to the state Department of Motor Vehicles to decide when, or if, he gets it back. Based on a recent hearing attended by Streetsblog, the DMV adjudication process at times relies primarily on testimony from drivers involved in fatal crashes, rather than police reports […]

Will Other NYC DAs Join Cy Vance in Getting Behind Vision Zero?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 25, 2014 | No Comments

All five New York City district attorneys were invited to Monday’s City Council Vision Zero hearing, according to the office of transportation committee chair Ydanis Rodriguez. Yet Manhattan DA Cy Vance was the only one who participated. Due to time constraints, Vance Chief Assistant DA Karen Friedman Agnifilo was not able to read all of her […]

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