Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Unlicensed Hit-and-Run Killer Gets Six Months for Death of Brooklyn Child

By Brad Aaron | Nov 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

An unlicensed driver who killed a 14-year-old child in Brooklyn will spend six months in jail and lose his license for a year. Paul O. Griffin was driving a Ford work van on the evening of January 4, 2012, when he struck Davonte Jeffers on Flatlands Avenue. Griffin sped from the scene and refused a […]

Three NYC Traffic Deaths, Three Very Different NYPD Investigations

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2012 | 12 Comments

Police are still looking for a cyclist who appears to have been involved in the crash that killed Kyle Larson, the 20-year-old skateboarder who last week was run over by the driver of a delivery truck on Union Square West. If the cyclist is believed to have contributed to the crash, police should try to bring […]

Is the Truck Driver Who Killed Roxana Sorina Buta Still Behind the Wheel?

By Brad Aaron | Nov 15, 2012 | 4 Comments

NYC DOT has not responded to Streetsblog queries concerning the death of Roxana Sorina Buta, the woman allegedly struck and killed by a DOT truck driver in a hit-and-run crash near Union Square. On May 24 at approximately 1:30 a.m., Buta was walking across Broadway at 14th Street, in the crosswalk and with the light, […]

Buta Lawsuit: No Charges or Summonses for Manhattan Hit-and-Run Death

By Brad Aaron | Oct 23, 2012 | 4 Comments

A Department of Transportation truck driver who killed 21-year-old Manhattan pedestrian Roxana Sorina Buta was not issued a summons or charged for leaving the scene, and could be behind the wheel today, according to a lawsuit filed by the Buta family. Cristina Oprea, Buta’s mother, claims that Buta’s death resulted from negligence on the part of […]

Ray Kelly Ignores Council Member Inquiry Into Death of Rubin Baum

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

NYPD is being characteristically closed-mouthed concerning the crash that killed Upper East Side pedestrian Rubin Baum, as Commissioner Ray Kelly has ignored a request from a City Council member to be apprised of the department’s investigation. Baum and his wife Denise were struck at Park Avenue and E. 59th Street on Saturday, September 22, as the couple […]

Stat Check: Manhattan Vehicular Killings Outpacing Gun Deaths in 2012

By Brad Aaron | Oct 16, 2012 | 19 Comments

Last week, Mayor Bloomberg, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced the indictments of 16 defendants allegedly involved in illegal gun trafficking. Said Vance, in a written statement: There have been 127 shooting incidents this year in Manhattan, with 152 victims. Nineteen of those victims were shot to death. Fortunately, shootings […]

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